Hibana

Hibana is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Antônio Brescovit in 1991. It is found from the United States to Brazil, including the West Indies. It includes North America's yellow ghost spider, formerly categorized as Aysha velox. Species it contains eighteen species: Hibana arunda (Platnick, 1974) – USA, Mexico Hibana banksi (Strand, 1906) – USA Hibana bicolor (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica, Colombia Hibana cambridgei (Bryant, 1931) – USA, Mexico Hibana discolor (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Brazil, Bolivia Hibana flavescens (Schmidt, 1971) – Colombia Hibana fusca (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba Hibana futilis (Banks, 1898) – USA to Venezuela, Cuba Hibana gracilis (Hentz, 1847) – USA, Canada Hibana incursa (Chamberlin, 1919) – USA to Panama Hibana longipalpa (Bryant, 1931) – El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica Hibana melloleitaoi (Caporiacco, 1947) – Mexico to Brazil Hibana similaris (Banks, 1929) – Mexico to Brazil Hibana taboga Brescovit, 1991 – Panama Hibana talmina Brescovit, 1993 – Dominican Rep., Trinidad, northern South America Hibana tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) – Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean Hibana turquinensis (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba Hibana velox (Becker, 1879) – USA, Mexico, Caribbean References External links