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 , 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)
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