| Pseudocybaeota | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cybaeidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocybaeota Bennett, 2022 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cybaeus perditus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 | |
| Species | |
3, see text | |
Pseudocybaeota is a genus of spiders in the family Cybaeidae. [2]
Pseudocybaeota is endemic to the coastal Pacific Northwestern US [1]
P. butterfieldi is known from a single male from California; P. perdita is endemic to wet forests in Washington State. P. tuberculata was collected in the border area of California and Oregon. [1]
The genus name means "false Cybaeota", referring to Bennett's initial belief that P. perdita should be placed in that genus. [1]
P. butterfieldi honors Californian Blues musician Paul Butterfield. P. tuberculata "refers to the roughened, tuberculate surface of the proximal arm of the tegular apophysis of the male genital bulb". [1]
As of October 2025 [update] , this genus includes three species: [2]