Anapidae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Araneoidea |
| Family: | Anapidae Simon, 1895 |
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| Diversity | |
| 35 genera, 145 species | |
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The Anapidae are a family of rather small spiders with 145 described species in 35 genera. Most species are less than 2 mm long.[1]
In some species (such as Pseudanapis parocula) the pedipalps of the female are reduced to coxal stumps.[1]
Anapidae generally live in leaf litter and moss on the floor of rain forest. Many build orb webs with a diameter of less than 3 cm.[1]
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Distribution [edit]
Most genera inhabit New Zealand, Australia and Africa. However, several genera occur in Asia (Japan, China, Korea). Only Comaroma simoni and the three species of Zangherella are found in Europe; Gertschanapis shantzi and Comaroma mendocino live in the USA.[2]
Systematics [edit]
Although the Micropholcommatidae were synonymized with this family by Schütt (2003), this move was not followed by most researchers.
Genera [edit]
- Anapis Simon, 1895 — Central to South America
- Anapisona Gertsch, 1941 — Central to South America
- Caledanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Caledonia
- Chasmocephalon O. P-Cambridge, 1889 — Australia
- Comaroma Bertkau, 1889 — Europe, USA, China, Korea, Japan
- Conculus Komatsu, 1940 — New Guinea, Korea, Japan
- Crassanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile, Argentina
- Crozetulus Hickman, 1939 — Africa
- Dippenaaria Wunderlich, 1995 — South Africa
- Elanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
- Enielkenie Ono, 2007 — Taiwan
- Forsteriola Brignoli, 1981 — Africa
- Gertschanapis Platnick & Forster, 1990 — USA
- Hickmanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Tasmania
- Mandanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Caledonia
- Maxanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
- Metanapis Brignoli, 1981 — Africa, Nepal
- Minanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile, Argentina
- Montanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Caledonia
- Nortanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
- Novanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Zealand
- Octanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
- Paranapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Zealand
- Pecanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
- Pseudanapis Simon, 1905 — Central and South America, Africa, South Asia, New Guinea, Hong Kong
- Queenslanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
- Risdonius Hickman, 1939 — Australia
- Sheranapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
- Sinanapis Wunderlich & Song, 1995 — China
- Sofanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
- Spinanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
- Tasmanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Tasmania
- Victanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
- Zangherella Caporiacco, 1949 — Mediterranean
- Zealanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Zealand
See also [edit]
Footnotes [edit]
References [edit]
- Ramirez, M.J. & Platnick, N.I. (1999): On Sofanapis antillanca (Araneae, Anapidae) as a kleptoparasite of austrochiline spiders (Araneae, Austrochilidae). Journal of Arachnology 27(2): 547-549. PDF
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Schütt, K. (2003): Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae. Zoologica Scripta 32: 129–151.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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