The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/21414

Cybaeus signifer Simon, 1886

FAMILY: CYBAEIDAE Banks, 1892
    Genus: Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868

        Species: Cybaeus signifer Simon, 1886

Common Names

Family Common Name:  water spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces:   BC WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:

   seasonality
Image(s) of Habitus:  (images not yet available)

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Cybaeus signifer Simon 1886
Cybaeus morosus Emerton 1923
Cybaeus signifer Chamberlin & Ivie 1932
Cybaeus signifer Roth 1952
Cybaeus signifer Forster 1970
Cybaeus signifer Bennett 1992
Cybaeus signifer Bennett 2006

Taxonomic References

Bennett, R. G. 2006. Ontogeny, variation and synonymy in North American Cybaeus spiders (Araneae: Cybaeidae). Can. Ent. 138: 473-492.

Bennett, R. G. 1992. The spermathecal pores of spiders with special reference to dictynoids and amaurobioids (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Araneoclada). Proc. ent. Soc. Ontario 123: 1-21.

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1932. A review of the North American spiders of the genera Cybaeus and Cybaeina. Bull. Univ. Utah 23(2): 1-43.

Emerton, J. H. 1923. New spiders from canada and the adjoining states, No. 3. Canad. Ent. 55: 238-243.

Forster, R. R. 1970. The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Mus. Bull. 3: 1-184.

Roth, V. D. 1952. The genus Cybaeus (Arachnida: Agelenidae) in Oregon. Ann. ent. Soc. Amer. 45: 205-219.

Simon, E. 1886. Descriptions de quelques espèces nouvelles de la famille des Agelenidae. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 30(C.R.): 56-61.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/CYBAEIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Cybaeus L. Koch, 1868‡‡

C. adenes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. amicus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. aspenicolens Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. blasbes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. bulbosus Exline, 1935 ...............USA
C. cascadius Roth, 1952 ...............USA
C. conservans Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. consocius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. constrictus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
C. cribelloides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. devius Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
C. eutypus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. giganteus Banks, 1892 ...............USA
C. grizzlyi Schenkel, 1950 ...............USA
C. hesper Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. morosus Simon, 1886 ...............USA, Alaska
C. multnoma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
C. patritus Bishop & Crosby, 1926 ...............USA
C. perditus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. reducens Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. reticulatus Simon, 1886 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
C. scopulatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
C. septatus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
C. shoshoneus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1932 ...............USA
C. silicis Barrows, 1919 ...............USA
C. simplex Roth, 1952 ...............USA
C. sinuosus Fox, 1937 ...............Canada
C. tardatus (Chamberlin, 1919) ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution