Cybaeidae Banks, 1892

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: traditionally considered a subfamily of Agelenidae, placed as a subfamily of Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967 and elevated to family by Forster, 1970b: 13; after Wheeler et al., 2017: 606 Cybaeidae includes Cryphoecinae Lehtinen, 1967 syn. nov. [authorship correctly Simon, 1898a: 250, sub Cryphoeceae; also Cryphoecini Kishida, 1955: 6 is older] (genera Cryphoeca Thorell, 1870, Calymmaria Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937, Ethobuella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 and Willisus Roth, 1981 as well as Cryphoecina Deltshev, 1997, Dirksia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942, Neocryphoeca Roth, 1970 and Tuberta Simon, 1884, which are not explicitely listed by Wheeler et al., 2017; all transferred from Hahniidae) and the genera Blabomma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 and Yorima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 (transferred from Dictynidae); furthermore Argyroneta Latreille, 1804 (monotypic in Argyronetinae Thorell, 1869) is transferred to the Dictynidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 607; Mastigusa Menge, 1854 is transferred from the Hahniidae to the Cybaeidae by Castellucci et al., 2023: 6; the transfers of Blabomma, Cryphoeca and Tuberta to Cicurinidae Murphy & Roberts, 2015 [oldest available name is Cicurininae Kishida, 1955: 4] (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; Cybaeidae were considered a synonym of Argyronetidae Thorell, 1869 by Grothendieck & Kraus, 1994: 272; Cicurinidae is new circumscribed (Bromella, Cicurina and Chorizomma) and elevated to family by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; included genera of Cybaeidae are listed by Gorneau et al., 2023: 11; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.
Gen. Sincybaeus Wang & Zhang, 2022 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05895
type Sincybaeus liaoning Wang & Zhang, 2022; gender masculine
Sincybaeus liaoning Wang & Zhang, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056655 TYPE SPECIES
Sincybaeus liaoning Wang & Zhang, 2022b: 92, f. 1A-G, 2A-D (Dmf) Original description
Sincybaeus monticola (Kobayashi, 2006) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040226
Cybaeus monticolus Kobayashi, 2006: 42, f. 58-64 (Dmf; N.B.: derivation nominis is "living in mountains", which is adjectival, see FAQ 6) Original description
Cybaeus monticola Ihara, 2009: 167, f. 221-223 (mf)
Cybaeus monticolus Nakano, 2021: 206 (proposed change of ending not accepted, see above and FAQ 6)
Sincybaeus monticola Sugawara et al., 2024: 11, f. 6b, i, 7b-c (mf, T from Cybaeus)
Sincybaeus rarispinosus (Yaginuma, 1970) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021403
Cybaeus rarispinosus Yaginuma in Yaginuma & Nishikawa, 1970: 137, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description
Cybaeus rarispinosus Yaginuma, Yamaguchi & Nishikawa, 1976: 828, f. 7-9 (mf)
Sincybaeus rarispinosus Sugawara et al., 2024: 11, f. 6c-d, j (T from Cybaeus)
Sincybaeus yoshiakii (Yaginuma, 1968) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021426
Cybaeus yoshiakii Yaginuma, 1968a: 31, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description
Cybaeus yoshiakii Yaginuma, 1986a: 145, f. 78.7 (mf)
Cybaeus yoshiakii Ihara, 2009: 167, f. 237-238 (mf)
Sincybaeus yoshiakii Sugawara et al., 2024: 11, f. 6a, e, h, 7a, d (mf, T from Cybaeus)

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