Simziella is a genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae.[2]
| Simziella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Simziella Cala-Riquelme & Alequín, 2025[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dictyna major Menge, 1869 | |
| Species | |
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14, see text | |
Distribution
editSimziella is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in North America and Russia. The genus occurs throughout much of North America from Canada to Mexico, across northern and eastern Europe, and extensively through Russia from the European portion eastward to the Far East and Wrangel Island.[2]
S. major has the widest distribution, being found in North America, and Europe to China.[2] S. teideensis is endemic to the Canary Islands.[2]
Etymology
editThe genus is named after the Romanian fairy tale Ileana Simziana ("The Princess Who Would Be a Prince").[1]
Taxonomy
editSpecies
editAs of October 2025[update], this genus includes fourteen species and one subspecies:[2]
- Simziella annexa (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – United States, Mexico
- Simziella canadas (Wunderlich, 2022) – Canary Islands
- Simziella cebolla (Ivie, 1947) – United States
- Simziella dunini (Danilov, 2000) – Russia (Urals to Far East)
- Simziella major (Menge, 1869) – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Tajikistan, China (type species)
- Simziella palmgreni (Marusik & Fritzén, 2011) – Finland, Russia (Europe to north-eastern Siberia)
- Simziella paramajor (Danilov, 2000) – Russia (South Siberia)
- Simziella sancta (Gertsch, 1946) – Canada, United States
- Simziella sotnik (Danilov, 1994) – Russia (South Siberia)
- Simziella sylvania (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) – United States
- Simziella teideensis (Wunderlich, 1992) – Canary Islands
- Simziella tridentata (Bishop & Ruderman, 1946) – Canada, United States
- Simziella tucsona (Chamberlin, 1948) – United States, Mexico
- Simziella tyshchenkoi (Marusik, 1988) – Russia (Urals to Far East)
- S. t. wrangeliana (Marusik, 1988) – Russia (Wrangel Island)
References
edit- 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 5 6 "Gen. Simziella Cala-Riquelme & Alequín, 2025". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
