World Spider Catalog

Anapidae Simon, 1895

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: relimited by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; considered a senior synonym of Symphytognathidae and Mysmenidae by Wunderlich, 1986, but rejected by Wunderlich, 2011: 512; considered a senior synonym of Micropholcommatidae by Schütt, 2003: 133 and Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316, re-elevation to family level by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); considered a senior synonym of Holarchaeidae [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0108] by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 240 (confirmed by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 342); the family name "Hawkeswoodidae", proposed by Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011d: 1, is a nomen nudum that does not refer to a generic name (Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 17; see Pseudanapis); the family status of the Comaromidae Wunderlich, 2004h: 1034 (described as subfamily and elevated to family by Wunderlich, 2011: 512, confirmed by Wunderlich, 2023: 22 and Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341) is not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards).

In synonymy:

Textricella Hickman, 1945 = Eterosonycha Butler, 1932 (Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 37)

Gen. Eterosonycha Butler, 1932 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00595

N.B.: transferred from the Zodariidae to the Textricellidae = Micropholcommatidae by Davies, 1985: 113; synonymy of the family Micropholcommatidae with the Anapidae by Schütt, 2003: 133 and by Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316; considered a senior synonym of Textricella Hickman, 1945: 136 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00601] (type T. parva Hickman, 1945) by Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 37.

Transferred to other genera:

Eterosonycha antipoda (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha aucklandica (Forster, 1955) -- see Algidiella

Eterosonycha fulva (Hickman, 1945) -- see Epigastrina

Eterosonycha hickmani (Forster, 1959) -- see Raveniella

Eterosonycha insula (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha lamingtonensis (Forster, 1959) -- see Normplatnicka

Eterosonycha luteola (Hickman, 1945) -- see Raveniella

Eterosonycha mcfarlanei (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha nigra (Forster, 1959) -- see Taliniella

Eterosonycha plebeia (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha propinqua (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha pusilla (Forster, 1959) -- see Tinytrella

Eterosonycha salmoni (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha scuta (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha signata (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha tropica (Forster, 1959) -- see Guiniella

Eterosonycha vulgaris (Forster, 1959) -- see Rayforstia

Eterosonycha wisei (Forster, 1964) -- see Rayforstia

In synonymy:

Eterosonycha parva (Hickman, 1945, T from Textricella) = Eterosonycha alpina Butler, 1932 (Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 38)

Eterosonycha alpina Butler, 1932 | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005467

Eterosonycha alpina Butler, 1932: 115, pl. 2, f. 7-13 (Dmf) Original description

Textricella parva Hickman, 1945: 137, f. 1-5, 16 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005489]

Textricella parva Forster, 1959: 275, f. 1 (f)

Textricella parva Forster & Platnick, 1981: 266, f. 16-17, 23-24 (m)

Eterosonycha alpina Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 38, f. 11D, 48A-D, 49A-B, 50, 51A-B, 56A-H, 57A-H, 58A-F, 59A-D, 60A-H, 71A, 222A-B (mf, S of Textricella parva)

Eterosonycha aquilina Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042991

Eterosonycha aquilina Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 39, f. 7E, 51C, 52A-D, 53A-B (Dmf) Original description

Eterosonycha complexa (Forster, 1959) | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005481

Textricella complexa Forster, 1959: 277, f. 4-9 (Dmf) Original description

Eterosonycha complexa Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 41

Eterosonycha ocellata Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042992

Eterosonycha ocellata Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 41, f. 51D, 54A-D, 55A-B (Dmf) Original description