Hibana Explained

Hibana is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1991.^[1] It is found from the United States to Brazil, including the West Indies. It includes North America's yellow ghost spider, formerly categorized as Aysha velox.

Species

it contains eighteen species:^[2]

• Hibana arunda (Platnick, 1974) – USA, Mexico
• Hibana banksi (Strand, 1906) – USA
• Hibana bicolor (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica, Colombia
• Hibana cambridgei (Bryant, 1931) – USA, Mexico
• Hibana discolor (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil, Bolivia
• Hibana flavescens (Schmidt, 1971) – Colombia
• Hibana fusca (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba
• Hibana futilis (Banks, 1898) – USA to Venezuela, Cuba
• Hibana gracilis (Hentz, 1847) – USA, Canada
• Hibana incursa (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA to Panama
• Hibana longipalpa (Bryant, 1931) – El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
• Hibana melloleitaoi (Caporiacco, 1947) – Mexico to Brazil
• Hibana similaris (Banks, 1929) – Mexico to Brazil
• Hibana taboga Brescovit, 1991 – Panama
• Hibana talmina Brescovit, 1993 – Dominican Rep., Trinidad, northern South America
• Hibana tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) – Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean
• Hibana turquinensis (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
• Hibana velox (Becker, 1879) – USA, Mexico, Caribbean

Notes and References

1. Brescovit. A. D.. 1991. Hibana, novo gênero de aranhas da família Anyphaenidae (Arachnida, Araneae).. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 729–744. 35.
2. Web site: Gen. Hibana Brescovit, 1991. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-10. Natural History Museum Bern.