Oreocyba

Oreocyba is a genus of East African dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1962.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Kenya and Uganda: O. elgonensis and O. propinqua.[1]

Oreocyba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Oreocyba
Holm, 1962[1]
Type species
O. elgonensis
(Fage, 1936)
Species
  • O. elgonensis (Fage, 1936) – Kenya, Uganda
  • O. propinqua Holm, 1962 – Kenya, Uganda

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Oreocyba Holm, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Holm, Å. (1962). "The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae". Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala. 35: 19–204.


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