Cybaeidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

spider Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...

s first described by

Nathan Banks Nathan Banks (April 13, 1868 – January 24, 1953) was an American entomologist noted for his work on Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Hymenoptera, and Acarina (mites). He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA. In 1915 he authored the first comp ...

in 1892. The

diving bell spider The diving bell spider or water spider (''Argyroneta aquatica'') is the only species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member of the genus ''Argyroneta''. When out of the water, the spider ranges in colour from m ...

or water spider ''Argyroneta aquatica'' was previously included in this family, but is now in the family

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 ...

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, the

World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...

accepts the following extant genera: *'' Allocybaeina'' Bennett, 2020 *'' Blabomma'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Korea *'' Calymmaria'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Canada, Mexico *''

Cedicoides ''Cedicoides'' is a genus of spiders in the family Cybaeidae made up of four species. It is characterized by well developed tegulum on the bulb of the male pedipalp. When it was published by Charitonov in 1946, it acted as a subgenus to ''Cedicu ...

'' Charitonov, 1946 — Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan *'' Cedicus'' Simon, 1875 — Asia *''

Cryphoeca ''Cryphoeca'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. The name means hidden, in reference to its preference for hiding under loose bark or in stone walls. Species it conta ...

'' Thorell, 1870 — Asia, Europe, North America *'' Cryphoecina'' Deltshev, 1997 — Montenegro *''

Cybaeina ''Cybaeina'' is a genus of North American araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1932. Originally described from a single female found in Olympia, Washington, it was placed wit ...

'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 — United States *'' Cybaeota'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 — United States, Canada *'' Cybaeozyga'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States *'' Cybaeus'' L. Koch, 1868 — Asia, North America, Europe, Peru *''

Dirksia ''Dirksia'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942 as a subgenus of ''Ethobuella ''Ethobuella'' is a genus of North American araneomorph spiders in the f ...

'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — United States, France *''

Ethobuella ''Ethobuella'' is a genus of North American araneomorph 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 in ...

'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1937 — United States, Canada *'' Neocryphoeca'' Roth, 1970 — United States *'' Paracedicus'' Fet, 1993 — Asia *'' Symposia'' Simon, 1898 — Venezuela, Colombia *''

Tuberta ''Tuberta'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and sp ...

'' Simon, 1884 — Azerbaijan, Italy *'' Vagellia'' Simon, 1899 — Indonesia *'' Willisus'' Roth, 1981 — United States *'' Yorima'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — United States, Cuba A fossil genus is also placed in this family: * †'' Vectaraneus'' Selden, 2003 (Isle of Wight)

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