Cymbachina

{{Short description|Monotypic genus of spiders}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Cymbachina albobrunnea | image = Cymbachina albobrunnea 363051736.jpg | authority = (Urquhart, 1893) | parent_authority = Bryant, 1933<ref name=NMBE /> }}

'''''Cymbachina''''' is a monotypic genus of South Pacific crab spiders containing the single species, '''''Cymbachina albobrunnea''''', found on the South Island of New Zealand.<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. Cymbachina Bryant, 1933| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-08-03| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3608| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref><ref>{{GBIF|id=2166488|taxon=Cymbachina albobrunnea|access-date=6 July 2024}}</ref> The species was first described in 1893 by A. T. Urquhart under the name ''Xysticus albo-brunnea''.<ref name=Urqu1893>{{cite journal| last=Urquhart| first=A. T.| year=1893| title=Descriptions of new species of Araneidae| journal=Transactions of the New Zealand Institute| volume=25| page=184}}</ref> As classification became more focused on physical structure rather than colour patterns or teeth on tarsal claws, this species was re-examined in 1933 and placed into its own genus.<ref name=Brya1933>{{cite journal| last=Bryant| first=E. B.| year=1933| title=Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders| journal=Records of the Canterbury Museum| pages=1–5| volume=4}}</ref>

==See also== * List of Thomisidae species

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Monotypic Thomisidae genera Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand