Hibana
Encyclopedia
Hibana is a spider genus that is found from the United States
to Brazil
, including the West Indies. It includes the yellow ghost spider
of North America, which was formerly categorized in a different genus as Aysha velox.
United States
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to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, including the West Indies. It includes the yellow ghost spider
Hibana velox
Hibana velox is a common spider of North America, for example Texas and Alabama. It can be found in foliage and in houses. It is useful in preying on insects like the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella .-References:* Becker, L. . Diagnoses de nouvelles aranéides américaines. Ann. Soc. ent...
of North America, which was formerly categorized in a different genus as Aysha velox.
Species
- Hibana kage (Kazura, 1890) (Japan)
- Hibana arunda (Platnick, 1974) (U.S., Mexico)
- Hibana cambridgei (Bryant, 1931) (U.S., Mexico)
- Hibana discolor (Mello-Leitão, 1929) (Brazil, Bolivia)
- Hibana flavescens (Schmidt, 1971) (Colombia)
- Hibana fusca (Franganillo, 1926) (Cuba)
- Hibana futilis (Banks, 1898) (U.S. to Venezuela, Cuba)
- Hibana gracilis (Hentz, 1847) (U.S., Canada)
- Hibana incursa (Chamberlin, 1919) (U.S. 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 (Dominica, Trinidad, northern South America)
- Hibana tenuis (L. Koch, 1866) (Mexico to Venezuela, West Indies)
- Hibana turquinensis (Bryant, 1940) (Cuba)
- Hibana veloxHibana veloxHibana velox is a common spider of North America, for example Texas and Alabama. It can be found in foliage and in houses. It is useful in preying on insects like the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella .-References:* Becker, L. . Diagnoses de nouvelles aranéides américaines. Ann. Soc. ent...
(Becker, 1879) (U.S., Mexico, West Indies)