Cybaeidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s first described by
Nathan Banks
Nathan Banks (April 13, 1868 – January 24, 1953) was an American entomologist noted for his work on Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Hymenoptera, and Acarina (mites). He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA. In 1915 he authored the first comp ...
in 1892.
The
diving bell spider
The diving bell spider or water spider (''Argyroneta aquatica'') is the only species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member of the genus ''Argyroneta''. When out of the water, the spider ranges in colour from m ...
or water spider ''Argyroneta aquatica'' was previously included in this family, but is now in the family
Dictynidae
Dictynidae is a family (biology), family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branche ...
.
Genera
, the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepts the following extant genera:
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Allocybaeina''
Bennett, 2020
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Blabomma''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Korea
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Calymmaria''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Canada, Mexico
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Cedicoides''
Charitonov, 1946 — Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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Cedicus''
Simon, 1875 — Asia
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Cryphoeca''
Thorell, 1870 — Asia, Europe, North America
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Cryphoecina''
Deltshev, 1997 — Montenegro
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Cybaeina''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 — United States
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Cybaeota''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 — United States, Canada
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Cybaeozyga''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States
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Cybaeus''
L. Koch, 1868 — Asia, North America, Europe, Peru
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Dirksia''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — United States, France
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Ethobuella''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Canada
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Neocryphoeca''
Roth, 1970 — United States
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Paracedicus''
Fet, 1993 — Asia
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Symposia
''Symposia'' is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.
Species
it contains six species in Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic o ...
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Simon, 1898 — Venezuela, Colombia
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Tuberta''
Simon, 1884 — Azerbaijan, Italy
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Vagellia''
Simon, 1899 — Indonesia
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Willisus''
Roth, 1981 — United States
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Yorima''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — United States, Cuba
A fossil genus is also placed in this family:
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Vectaraneus''
Selden, 2003 (Isle of Wight)
See also
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List of Cybaeidae species
References
Araneomorphae families
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