Cybaeidae
Encyclopedia
Cybaeidae is a family
of spider
s comprising twelve genera
.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s comprising twelve genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
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Genera
- Argyroneta LatreillePierre André LatreillePierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...
, 1804 (Palearctic) - Cedicoides Charitonov, 1946 (Turkmenistan, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan)
- Cedicus SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1875 (Eastern Mediterranean, Asia) - Cybaeina ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
& IvieWilton IvieWilton Ivie was an American entomologist, who descriped Arachnida-species. . He was employed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York.Wilton Ivie: B.S., M.S. in biology from University of Utah....
, 1932 (USA) - Cybaeota Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 (USA, Canada)
- Cybaeozyga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 (USA)
- Cybaeus KochLudwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...
, 1868 (America, Europe, Japan, Korea, China) - Dolichocybaeus Kishida, 1968 (Japan, Korea)
- Heterocybaeus Komatsu, 1968 (Japan)
- Paracedicus Fet, 1993 (Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan)
- Symposia Simon, 1898 (Venezuela, Colombia)
- Vagellia Simon, 1899 (Sumatra)
See also
- List of Cybaeidae species
- Spider families