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Sincybaeus

Sincybaeus is a genus of spiders in the family Cybaeidae.

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Sincybaeus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cybaeidae
Genus: Sincybaeus
Wang & Zhang, 20221
Type species
S. liaoning
Wang & Zhang, 2022
Species

4, see text

Sincybaeus is a genus of spiders in the family Cybaeidae.2

Distribution

Three of the described species are endemic to Japan, with one endemic to Liaoning, China.21

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of "Sin-" "China" and Cybaeus.1 The non-Chinese species were added to this genus in 2024.3

S. liaoning is named after the type locality.1

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes four species:2

  • Sincybaeus liaoning Wang & Zhang, 2022 – China (type species)
  • Sincybaeus monticola (Kobayashi, 2006) – Japan
  • Sincybaeus rarispinosus (Yaginuma, 1970) – Japan
  • Sincybaeus yoshiakii (Yaginuma, 1968) – Japan
References

References

  1. Wang, L. Y.; Zhang, Z. S. (2022). "Sincybaeus liaoning gen. & sp. nov., a new genus and species of cybaeid spiders from China (Araneae: Cybaeidae)". Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 31 (2): 92–95. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2022.02.005.
  2. "Gen. Sincybaeus Wang & Zhang, 2022". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. Sugawara, Y.; Ihara, Y.; Koike, N.; Seo, H. Y.; Prozorova, L. A.; Zhang, Z. S.; Nakano, T. (2024). "Systematics of cybaeid spiders endemic to the Japanese Archipelago, and their historical biogeographic implications (Araneae: Cybaeidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 38 (11) IS24058: 1–16. doi:10.1071/IS24058. hdl:2433/296728. PMID 39607816.