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:

Microlinypheus Butler, 1932 = Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 (Hickman, 1944b: 186)

Plectochetos Butler, 1932 = Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 (Forster, 1959: 297)

Gen. Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00596

N.B.: transferred of the family Micropholcommatidae to the Anapidae by Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316; considered a senior synonym of Microlinypheus Butler, 1932: 103 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04980] (type M. bryophilus Butler, 1932) by Hickman, 1944b: 186 and of Plectochetos Butler, 1932: 107 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04981] (type P. longissimus Butler, 1932) by Forster, 1959: 297.

Micropholcomma bryophilum (Butler, 1932) | | Australia (Queensland to Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005468

Microlinypheus bryophilus Butler, 1932: 104, pl. 1, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Micropholcomma bryophila Hickman, 1944b: 186, f. 11-14 (mf)

Micropholcomma bryophilum Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 25, f. 10A-B, 11B, 12A, D, 15C, 18A-F, 19A-F, 20A-D, 21A-F, 22A, C, 23A-B (mf)

Micropholcomma caeligena Crosby & Bishop, 1927 | | Australia (Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005469

Micropholcomma caeligenus Crosby & Bishop, 1927: 152, pl. 16, f. 19 (Dm; N.B.: see FAQ 6) Original description

Micropholcomma caeligenus Hickman, 1944b: 183, f. 8-10 (Df)

Micropholcomma caeligenus Forster, 1959: 328, f. 135

Micropholcomma caeligenum Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 24, f. 7A, 9A, 12D, 13A-D, 14A-B, 15A-B (mf)

Micropholcomma junee Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042988

Micropholcomma junee Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 25, f. 15D, 16A-D, 17A-B (Dmf) Original description

Micropholcomma linnaei Rix, 2008 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042068

Micropholcomma linnaei Rix, 2008: 343, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description

Micropholcomma longissimum (Butler, 1932) | | Australia (Queensland to Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005470

Plectochetos longissimus Butler, 1932: 107, pl. 1, f. 15-20 (Dmf) Original description

Micropholcomma longissima Forster, 1959: 298, f. 64-69, 137 (mf)

Micropholcomma longissima Forster & Platnick, 1984: 92, f. 360-361, 369-370, 375-376 (m)

Micropholcomma longissimum Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 27, f. 15E (f)

Micropholcomma mirum Hickman, 1944 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005471

Micropholcomma mira Hickman, 1944b: 191, f. 23-31 (Dmf) Original description

Micropholcomma mirum Brignoli, 1983c: 374

Micropholcomma parmatum Hickman, 1944 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005472

Micropholcomma parmata Hickman, 1944b: 188, f. 15-22 (Dmf) Original description

Micropholcomma parmata Forster, 1959: 328, f. 136

Micropholcomma parmatum Brignoli, 1983c: 374

Micropholcomma turbans Hickman, 1981 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005473

Micropholcomma turbans Hickman, 1981: 65, f. 29-33 (Dmf) Original description