Siskiyu

Siskiyu is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Cybaeidae containing the single species, Siskiyu armilla.^[2]

Siskiyu
immature male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cybaeidae
Genus:	Siskiyu Hedin, Ramírez & Monjaraz-Ruedas, 2025[1]
Species:	S. armilla
Binomial name
Siskiyu armilla Hedin, Ramírez & Monjaraz-Ruedas, 2025[2]

Distribution

Siskiyu armilla has been recorded from northern California and southern Oregon.^[2]

Etymology

The genus is named after the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains that encompass much of the known distribution of this genus.^[1] The specific name is from Latin "armilla" (ring, bracelet), referring to the conspicuous ring-like patellar fracture lines.