''Yorima'' is a

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spiders in the family

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, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin &

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in 1942. Originally placed in the funnel weaver family, it was moved to the Dictynidae in 1967, and to the Cybaeidae in 2017.

Species

it contains six species in the

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and

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Yorima albida ''Yorima'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942. Originally placed in the funnel weaver family, it was moved to the Dictynidae in 1967, and to the Cybaeidae ...

'' Roth, 1956 – USA *'' Yorima angelica'' Roth, 1956 – USA *'' Yorima antillana'' (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba *'' Yorima flava'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937) – USA *'' Yorima sequoiae'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937) ( type) – USA *'' Yorima subflava'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA

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