Shikibutyna

Shikibutyna
	in Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dictynidae
Genus:	Shikibutyna; Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025
Type species
	Dictyna felis; Bösenberg & Strand, 1906
Species
	9, see text

Shikibutyna is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.

Distribution

Shikibutyna is found in temperate Europe and Asia, from the Canary Islands to Japan.

Etymology

The genus is named after Japanese author Murasaki Shikibu, who wrote one of the world's first novels around the year 1000. The ending refers to genus Dictyna, where the type species was originally placed.

Taxonomy

The species in this genus were formally placed in Dictyna and Emblyna (S. mongolica, S. wangi, S. zherikhini).

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes nine species:

Shikibutyna felis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan (type species)
Shikibutyna foliicola (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
Shikibutyna guanchae (Schmidt, 1968) – Canary Islands
Shikibutyna mongolica (Marusik & Koponen, 1998) – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Mongolia
Shikibutyna procerula (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Shikibutyna schmidti (Kulczyński, 1926) – Russia (West Siberia to Far East)
Shikibutyna szaboi (Chyzer, 1891) – Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan
Shikibutyna wangi (Song & Zhou, 1986) – Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China
Shikibutyna zherikhini (Marusik, 1988) – Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)

References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 "Gen. Shikibutyna Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

External links

Citizen science observations for Shikibutyna at iNaturalist

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[montana2025-1] 1 2 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.

[wsc-2] 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Shikibutyna Cala-Riquelme, Gorneau & Esposito, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.