Cybaeina Explained

Cybaeina is a genus of North American araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1932.^[1] Originally described from a single female found in Olympia, Washington,^[2] it was placed with the Cybaeidae in 1967.^[3]

Species

it contains three species, all found in North America:^[4]

• Cybaeina confusa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
• Cybaeina dixoni Bennett, 2023 – USA
• Cybaeina minuta (Banks, 1906) (type) – Canada, USA

Notes and References

1. Chamberlin. R. V.. Ivie. W.. 1932. A review of the North American spiders of the genera Cybaeus and Cybaeina.. Bulletin of the University of Utah. 1–43. 23. 2.
2. Banks. N.. 1906. Descriptions of new American spiders. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 7. 95.
3. Lehtinen. P. T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4. 226.
4. 2023 . Gen. Cybaeina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 18 July 2023 . World Spider Catalog Version 24.