Arethyna

Arethyna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dictynidae
Genus:	Arethyna; Cala-Riquelme, 2025
Type species
	Dictyna volucripes; Keyserling, 1881
Species
	11, see text

Arethyna is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.^[2]

Distribution

Most species are endemic to North America from Canada to Mexico, with one species found in China and South Siberia.^[2]

The genus name honors singer Aretha Franklin, with the ending rhyming to the related genus Dictyna.^[1]

All species in this genus were transferred from genus Dyctina, except for A. osceola, which was transferred from Emblyna.^[2]

As of October 2025, this genus includes eleven species:^[2]

Arethyna coloradensis (Chamberlin, 1919) – Canada, United States
Arethyna idahoana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – United States
Arethyna osceola (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – United States
Arethyna peon (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – United States, Mexico
Arethyna personata (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – Canada, United States, Mexico
Arethyna saltona (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – United States
Arethyna secuta (Chamberlin, 1924) – United States, Mexico
Arethyna sierra (Chamberlin, 1948) – United States, Mexico
Arethyna ubsunurica (Marusik & Koponen, 1998) – Russia (South Siberia), China
Arethyna volucripes (Keyserling, 1881) – Canada, United States, Mexico (type species)
- A. v. volucripoides (Ivie, 1947) – United States

^ ^a ^b Montana, K. O.; Cala-Riquelme, F.; Crews, S. C.; Gorneau, J. A.; Al-Jamal, A. M.; Alequín, L. D.; Spagna, J. C.; Ballarin, F.; Esposito, L. A. (2025). "Tailor's drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204: 1–97. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Gen. Arethyna Cala-Riquelme, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-28.