Cybaeidae

Cybaeidae Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cybaeus charlesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cybaeidae Banks, 1892
Diversity
19 genera, 282 species

Cybaeidae is a family of spiders first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. ^[1] The diving bell spider or water spider Argyroneta aquatica was previously included in this family, but is now in the family Dictynidae. ^{[2] [3]}

Genera

Main article: List of Cybaeidae species

As of April 2025 ^[update] , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following extant genera: ^[4]

• Allocybaeina Bennett, 2020
• Blabomma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Korea
• Calymmaria Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Canada, Mexico
• Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870 — Asia, Europe, North America
• Cryphoecina Deltshev, 1997 — Montenegro
• Cybaeina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 — United States
• Cybaeota Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 — United States, Canada
• Cybaeozyga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States
• Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868 — Asia, North America, Europe, Peru
• Dirksia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — United States, France
• Ethobuella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Canada
• Mastigusa Menge, 1854 — France, Hungary
• Neocryphoeca Roth, 1970 — United States
• Neocybaeina Bennett, 2023 — United States
• Pseudocybaeota Wang & Zhang, 2022 — United States
• Rothaeina Hedin, Ramírez & Monjaraz-Ruedas, 2025 — United States
• Sincybaeus Simon, 1898 — China, Japan
• Siskiyu Simon, 1884 — United States
• Symposia Simon, 1898 — Venezuela, Colombia
• Tuberta Simon, 1884 — Azerbaijan, Italy
• Vagellia Simon, 1899 — Indonesia
• Willisus Roth, 1981 — United States
• Yorima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — United States, Cuba

A fossil genus is also placed in this family: ^[5]

• † Vectaraneus Selden, 2003 (Isle of Wight)

See also

• List of Cybaeidae species

References

1. Banks, N. (1892). "A classification of North American spiders". The Canadian Entomologist. 24 (4): 88–97. doi:10.4039/Ent2488-4.
2. "Taxon details Argyroneta aquatica (Clerck, 1757)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-12-21
3. Wheeler, Ward C.; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Crowley, Louise M.; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Goloboff, Pablo A.; Griswold, Charles E.; Hormiga, Gustavo; Prendini, Lorenzo; Ramírez, Martín J.; Sierwald, Petra; Almeida-Silva, Lina; Alvarez-Padilla, Fernando; Arnedo, Miquel A.; Benavides Silva, Ligia R.; Benjamin, Suresh P.; Bond, Jason E.; Grismado, Cristian J.; Hasan, Emile; Hedin, Marshal; Izquierdo, Matías A.; Labarque, Facundo M.; Ledford, Joel; Lopardo, Lara; Maddison, Wayne P.; Miller, Jeremy A.; Piacentini, Luis N.; Platnick, Norman I.; Polotow, Daniele; Silva-Dávila, Diana; Scharff, Nikolaj; Szűts, Tamás; Ubick, Darrell; Vink, Cor J.; Wood, Hannah M. & Zhang, Junxia (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. S2CID   35535038.
4. "Family: Cybaeidae Banks, 1892". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
5. Selden, Paul A. (July 2001). "Eocene Spiders from the Isle of Wight With Preserved Respiratory Structures" (PDF). Palaeontology. 44 (4): 695–729. Bibcode:2001Palgy..44..695S. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00199.