Pseudocybaeota
| Pseudocybaeota | |
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| 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
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| Species | |
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Pseudocybaeota is a genus of spiders in the family Cybaeidae.[2]
Distribution
Pseudocybaeota is endemic to the coastal Pacific Northwestern USA.[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]
Etymology
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]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:[2]
- Pseudocybaeota butterfieldi Bennett, 2022 – United States
- Pseudocybaeota perdita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932) – United States (type species)
- Pseudocybaeota tuberculata Bennett, 2022 – United States
References
- ^ a b c d e Bennett, R.; Copley, C. (2022). "Pseudocybaeota (Araneae: Cybaeidae): a new spider genus endemic to coastal Pacific Northwestern United States of America". Zootaxa. 5169: 563–576.
- ^ a b "Gen. Pseudocybaeota Bennett, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-27.