Yorima
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942
Yorima is a of araneomorph in the Cybaeidae, first described by Chamberlin & Ivie in 1942. The genus has undergone several family reassignments, originally placed in Agelenidae (funnel weavers), then Dictynidae in 1967, and finally Cybaeidae in 2017 based on revised phylogenetic understanding. It contains six described distributed in the United States and Cuba, with most species occurring in the western United States.
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How to pronounce Yorima: /joʊˈriːmə/
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Distribution
United States (western states including California) and Cuba. Six are recognized: Y. albida, Y. angelica, Y. flava, Y. sequoiae ( species), and Y. subflava from the USA; and Y. antillana from Cuba.
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Taxonomic history
This has been moved between three over its taxonomic . The 2017 transfer to Cybaeidae reflects improved understanding of and family-level relationships within the superfamily Dictynoidea.
Species diversity
All six described were named before 1960, suggesting limited recent taxonomic attention. The species Y. sequoiae was originally described in 1937 under a different before being transferred to Yorima.