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:

Parapua Forster, 1959 = Taphiassa Simon, 1880 (Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 89, by T of the type species)

Gen. Taphiassa Simon, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00809

N.B.: transferred from the Theridiidae to the Symphytognathidae by Levi & Levi, 1962: 29, to the Mysmenidae by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2, to the Micropholcommatidae by Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 79, and (together with the whole family Micropholcommatidae) to the Anapidae by Schütt, 2003 and Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316; considered a senior synonym of Parapua Forster, 1959: 301 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00598] (type P. punctata Forster, 1959) by Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 89 (by transfer of the type species).

Taphiassa castanea Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043005

Taphiassa castanea Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 85, f. 152C, 163A-D, 164A-B, 169C, 170A-H, 171A-D, 172A-F, 173A-F, 174A-F, 175A-D (Dmf) Original description

Taphiassa globosa Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043006

Taphiassa globosa Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 86, f. 165A-D, 166A-B, 169D, 223C-E (Dmf) Original description

Taphiassa impressa Simon, 1880 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009281

Taphiassa impressa Simon, 1880i: 172 (Df) Original description

Taphiassa impressa Levi & Levi, 1962: 64, f. 312-313 (f)

Taphiassa impressa Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 82, f. 153A-C, 154A-B (f)

Taphiassa magna Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043007

Taphiassa magna Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 88, f. 167A-D, 168A-B, 169A (Dmf) Original description

Taphiassa punctata (Forster, 1959) | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005475

Parapua punctata Forster, 1959: 301, f. 78-81, 141 (Dmf) Original description

Taphiassa punctata Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 89, f. 9C, 169B, E-F (mf, T from Parapua)

Taphiassa punctata Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 728, f. 94A-F, 95A-I, 96A-H, 97A-H, 137C, 139E, 146A-B (mf)

Taphiassa punctigera Simon, 1895 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041289

Taphiassa punctigera Simon, 1895g: 150 (Dm) Original description

"Taphiassa" punctigera Brignoli, 1980j: 736, f. 12-13 (m; f. 12 shows m of Simon, f. 13 shows the non identical m of Reimoser, 1934b: 477; both belong to Theridiidae, but no genus specified)

Taphiassa robertsi Rix & Harvey, 2010 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043004

Taphiassa robertsi Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 82, f. 2, 7P, 8B, D, F, H, 10E-F, 152A-B, F, 154C-D, 155A-D, 156A-B, 157A-H, 158A-D, 159A-F, 160A-F, 161A-F, 162A-F, 223F-G (Dmf) Original description