Cybaeozyga
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| male C. furtiva | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cybaeidae |
| Genus: | Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937[1] |
Cybaeozyga is a genus of North American araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae containing two described species. It was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1937,[2] and was moved to Cybaeidae in 1967.[3] It has only been found in the western United States.
Species
The genus contains two described species:[1]
- Cybaeozyga furtiva Hedin, Ramírez & Monjaraz-Ruedas, 2025
- Cybaeozyga heterops Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937
Additional known but still undescribed species of Cybaeozyga have been mentioned in the literature.[4] The distribution of Cybaeozyga appears to include forests and caves of the Klamath Mountains ecoregion of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Cybaeozyga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2025. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1937). "New spiders of the family Agelenidae from western North America". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 30 (2): 211–230. doi:10.1093/aesa/30.2.211.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 226.
- ^ a b Hedin, M.; Ramírez, M. J.; Monjaraz-Ruedas, R. (2025). "Phylogenomics of North American cybaeid spiders (Araneae, Cybaeidae), including the description of new taxa from the Klamath Mountains Geomorphic Province". ZooKeys (1226): 47–75. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1226...47H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1226.140204.