''Blabomma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...
spiders in the family
Cybaeidae
Cybaeidae is a family of spiders first described by Nathan Banks in 1892. The diving bell spider or water spider ''Argyroneta aquatica'' was previously included in this family, but is now in the family Dictynidae.
Genera
, the World Spider Cata ...
, and was first described by
R. V. Chamberlin &
Wilton Ivie
Vaine Wilton Ivie (March 28, 1907 – August 8, 1969) was an American arachnologist, who described hundreds of new species and many new genera of spiders, both under his own name and in collaboration with Ralph Vary Chamberlin. He was employed b ...
in 1937.
Originally placed with the
funnel weavers, it was moved to the
Dictynidae
Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of one ...
in 1967,
and to the Cybaeidae in 2017.
Species
it contains eleven species:
*''
Blabomma californicum''
(Simon, 1895) (
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* Ty ...
) – USA
*''
Blabomma flavipes''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
*''
Blabomma foxi
''Blabomma'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1937. Originally placed with the funnel weavers, it was moved to the Dictynidae in 1967, and to the Cybaeidae i ...
''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
*''
Blabomma guttatum''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
*''
Blabomma hexops''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
*''
Blabomma lahondae''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937) – USA
*''
Blabomma oregonense''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
*''
Blabomma sanctum''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
*''
Blabomma sylvicola
''Blabomma'' is a genus of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin, R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1937. Originally placed with the Agelenidae, funnel weavers, it was moved t ...
''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937) – USA
*''
Blabomma uenoi''
Paik & Yaginuma, 1969 – Korea
*''
Blabomma yosemitense''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 – USA
References
External links
Blabommaat
BugGuide
BugGuide (or BugGuide.net) is a website and online community of naturalists, both amateur and professional, who share observations of arthropods such as insects, spiders, and other related creatures. The website consists of informational guide p ...
Araneomorphae genera
Cybaeidae
Dictynidae
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of the United States
{{Dictynidae-stub