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).

Gen. Rayforstia Rix & Harvey, 2010 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03944

N.B.: transfer of the family Micropholcommatidae to the Anapidae by Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316.

Rayforstia antipoda (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005479

Textricella antipoda Forster, 1959: 288, f. 33-34 (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia antipoda Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 57, f. 86C-D, 87D (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia insula (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005484

Textricella insula Forster, 1959: 283, f. 23 (Dm) Original description

Rayforstia insula Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 57 (Tm from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia lordhowensis Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042996

Rayforstia lordhowensis Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 57, f. 87E, 88A-D, 89A-B (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia mcfarlanei (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005487

Textricella mcfarlanei Forster, 1959: 289, f. 35-36 (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia mcfarlanei Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 58 (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia plebeia (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005490

Textricella plebeia Forster, 1959: 290, f. 37 (Df) Original description

Rayforstia plebeia Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 59 (Tf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia propinqua (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005491

Textricella propinqua Forster, 1959: 285, f. 26-27 (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia propinqua Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 59, f. 86E-F, 87F (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia raveni Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042997

Rayforstia raveni Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 59, f. 90A-C, 91A-B (Dm) Original description

Rayforstia salmoni (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005493

Textricella salmoni Forster, 1959: 290, f. 38-45 (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia salmoni Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 60, f. 86G, 87G (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia scuta (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005494

Textricella scuta Forster, 1959: 293, f. 46-50 (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia scuta Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 61, f. 86H, 87H (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia signata (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005495

Textricella signata Forster, 1959: 283, f. 24-25 (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia signata Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 61, f. 86A-B, 87C (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia vulgaris (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005497

Textricella vulgaris Forster, 1959: 286, f. 28-32 (Dmf) Original description

Textricella vulgaris Forster & Platnick, 1981: 264, f. 3, 18-19, 27 (mf)

Textricella vulgaris Forster & Platnick, 1984: 92, f. 357-359, 362-367, 371-374 (mf)

Textricella vulgaris Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 166, f. 60b-f (mf)

Rayforstia vulgaris Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 42, f. 19.1-4 (mf)

Rayforstia vulgaris Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 56, f. 7H, 47B, 84A-D, 85A-B, 87A-B, 92A-F, 93A-F, 94A-D, 95A-F (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)

Rayforstia wisei (Forster, 1964) | | New Zealand (Campbell Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005498

Textricella wisei Forster, 1964b: 95, f. 118-121 (Dmf) Original description

Rayforstia wisei Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 62 (Tmf from Textricella=Eterosonycha)