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 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 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 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52); 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, Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52) is not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list five valid subfamilies (Comaromidae and Micropholcommatidae as seperate, see above): Anapinae, Gigiellinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 97, Holarchaeinae, Taphiassinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 79 and Teutoniellinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a [no page found where this taxon is described, always named 'Teutoniellids'].
Gen. Austropholcomma Rix & Harvey, 2010 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03940
type Austropholcomma florentine Rix & Harvey, 2010; gender neuter
N.B.: transfer of the family Micropholcommatidae to the Anapidae by Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316.
Austropholcomma florentine Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042989 TYPE SPECIES
Austropholcomma florentine Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 31, f. 7C, 12C, 22B, D, 23E-F, 30A-D, 31A-B, 32A-B, 33A-B, 36A-F, 37A-F, 38A-D, 39A-F (Dmf) Original description
Austropholcomma walpole Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042990
Austropholcomma walpole Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 32, f. 33C, 34A-D, 35A-B (Dmf) Original description

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