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 – USA, Mexico
  • Hibana banksi – USA
  • Hibana bicolorCosta Rica, Colombia
  • Hibana cambridgei – USA, Mexico
  • Hibana discolor – Brazil, Bolivia
  • Hibana flavescens – Colombia
  • Hibana fuscaCuba
  • Hibana futilis – USA to Venezuela, Cuba
  • Hibana gracilis – USA, Canada
  • Hibana incursa – USA to Panama
  • Hibana longipalpaEl Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Hibana melloleitaoi – Mexico to Brazil
  • Hibana similaris – Mexico to Brazil
  • Hibana taboga Brescovit, 1991 – Panama
  • Hibana talmina Brescovit, 1993 – Dominican Rep., Trinidad, northern South America
  • Hibana tenuis – Mexico to Venezuela, Caribbean
  • Hibana turquinensis – Cuba
  • Hibana velox – USA, Mexico, Caribbean