Biology:Cybaeidae
Cybaeidae is a family of spiders first described by Nathan Banks in 1892.[1] There are small to large sized entelegyne spiders, which are ecribellate.[2] The diving bell spider or water spider Argyroneta aquatica was previously included in this family, but is now in the family Dictynidae.[3][4] The distribution of this species resembles closely a typical Holarctic biogeography, with all of their species being found in the northern hemisphere. Where they have a tendency to live beneath rocks or woody debris in shaded and cool forest habitats, but they can also be found in caves, ant nests, and moss on tree trunks.[2] They are morphologically defined as spiders which have three claws, a single row of tarsal trichobothria, and posterior lateral spinnerets which lack a cribellum.[2]
Most of the cybaeid genera are very species rich, as they have a large number of very short-range endemic species.[2]
Genera
As of January 2026[update], this family includes 24 genera and 303 species:[5]
- Allocybaeina Bennett, 2020 – Japan, United States
- Blabomma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – Korea, North America
- Calymmaria Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – North America
- Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870 – Japan, Turkey, Europe, North America
- Cryphoecina Deltshev, 1997 – Montenegro
- Cybaeina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 – Korea, North America
- Cybaeota Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 – Russia, North America
- Cybaeozyga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – United States
- Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868 – Asia, Europe, North America, Peru
- Dirksia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – France, North America
- Ethobuella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – North America
- Guicybaeus Wang, Chen, Yang & Zhang, 2023 – China
- Mastigusa Menge, 1854 – Algeria, Georgia, Iran, Turkey, Europe, Britain
- Neocryphoeca Roth, 1970 – United States
- Neocybaeina Bennett, 2023 – United States
- Pseudocybaeota Bennett, 2022 – United States
- Rothaeina Bennett, 2023 – United States
- Sincybaeus Wang & Zhang, 2022 – China, Japan
- Siskiyu Hedin, Ramírez & Monjaraz-Ruedas, 2025 – United States
- Symposia Simon, 1898 – Colombia, Venezuela
- Tuberta Simon, 1884 – Azerbaijan, Turkey, Europe, Britain
- Vagellia Simon, 1899 – Indonesia
- Willisus Roth, 1981 – United States
- Yorima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Cuba, United States
A fossil genus is also placed in this family:[6]
- †Vectaraneus Selden, 2003 (Isle of Wight)
References
- ↑ Banks, N. (1892). "A classification of North American spiders". The Canadian Entomologist 24 (4): 88–97. doi:10.4039/Ent2488-4. https://zenodo.org/record/2460991.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hedin, Marshal; Ramírez, Martín J.; Monjaraz-Ruedas, Rodrigo (2025-02-06). "Phylogenomics of North American cybaeid spiders (Araneae, Cybaeidae), including the description of new taxa from the Klamath Mountains Geomorphic Province" (in en). ZooKeys (1226): 47–75. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1226.140204. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 39959859. Bibcode: 2025ZooK.1226...47H.
- ↑ "Taxon details Argyroneta aquatica (Clerck, 1757)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/8306, retrieved 2020-12-21
- ↑ Wheeler, Ward C.; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Crowley, Louise M.; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Goloboff, Pablo A.; Griswold, Charles E.; Hormiga, Gustavo; Prendini, Lorenzo et al. (2016). "The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling". Cladistics 33 (6): 574–616. doi:10.1111/cla.12182. PMID 34724759.
- ↑ "Family Cybaeidae Banks, 1892". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:000022. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ Selden, Paul A. (July 2001). "Eocene Spiders from the Isle of Wight With Preserved Respiratory Structures". Palaeontology 44 (4): 695–729. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00199. Bibcode: 2001Palgy..44..695S. https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/8359/Selden_2001_Eocene%20spiders%20Isle%20of%20Wight.pdf?sequence=1.
External links
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