Cybaeus | |
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Cybaeus sp. in Washington | |
Cybaeus sp. nest | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Cybaeidae |
Genus: | Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868[1] |
Type species | |
C. tetricus (C. L. Koch, 1839) | |
Species | |
198, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Cybaeus is a genusofaraneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1868.[2] It is found in America, Europe, Japan, Korea and China.[1] Females of different species are difficult to distinguish, especially in North America. Images of males that include pedipalps are the easiest to determine species.[3]
As of September 2022[update] it contains 198 species:[1]
"Cybaeus" at the Encyclopedia of Life