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Anopsicus

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Anopsicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Anopsicus
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938[1]
Type species
A. pearsei
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938
Species

64, see text

Synonyms[1]

Anopsicus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin & Vaine Wilton Ivie in 1938.[3]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains sixty-four species, found in Central America, Cuba, Jamaica, and Mexico, with the exception of the "probably misplaced" A. banksi from the Galápagos Islands.:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Anopsicus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ a b Gertsch, W. J. (1982). "The spider genera Pholcophora and Anopsicus (Araneae, Pholcidae) in North America, Central America and the West Indies". Association for Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin. 8: 104.
  3. ^ Chamberlin, R. V.; Ivie, W. (1938). "Araneida from Yucatan". Publications, Carnegie Institution of Washington. 491: 123–136.