Viridictyna

Viridictyna
	Viridictyna parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dictynidae
Genus:	Viridictyna ; Forster, 1970
Type species
	V. kikkawai ; Forster, 1970
Species
	5, see text

Last updated August 22, 2025

Viridictyna is a genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:^[1]

Viridictyna australis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
Viridictyna kikkawai Forster, 1970 (type) – New Zealand
Viridictyna nelsonensis Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
Viridictyna parva Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
Viridictyna picata Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

References

1 2 "Gen. Viridictyna Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-01.
↑ Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Viridictyna Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-01.

[Fors1970-2] Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.

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Viridictyna

Viridictyna parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dictynidae
Genus:	Viridictyna Forster, 1970^[1]
Type species
V. kikkawai Forster, 1970
Species
5, see text