''Cybaeina'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
North America
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araneomorph spiders in the family
Cybaeidae
Cybaeidae is a family of spiders first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. The diving bell spider or water spider ''Argyroneta aquatica'' was previously included in this family, but is now in the family Dictynidae.
Genera
, the World Spider Cata ...
, and was first described by
R. V. Chamberlin &
Wilton Ivie in 1932.
Originally described from a single female found in
Olympia, Washington
Olympia is the capital of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat and largest city of Thurston County. It is southwest of the state's most populous city, Seattle, and is a cultural center of the southern Puget Sound region.
European ...
,
it was placed with the Cybaeidae in 1967.
Species
it contains four species, all found in the
United States
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:
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Cybaeina confusa''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA
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Cybaeina minuta''
(Banks, 1906) (
type) – USA
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Cybaeina sequoia''
Roth, 1952 – USA
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Cybaeina xantha''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cybaeidae
Spiders of the United States
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