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. Pua Forster, 1959 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00599
type Pua novaezealandiae Forster, 1959; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Symphytognathidae to the Micropholcommatidae by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2 and synonym of the family Micropholcommatidae with the Anapidae by Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316.
Pua novaezealandiae Forster, 1959 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005476 TYPE SPECIES
Pua novaezealandiae Forster, 1959: 299, f. 70-77, 138 (Dmf) Original description
Pua novaezealandiae Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 29, f. 7B, 11F, 12B, 15F, 23C-D, 24A-D, 25A-B, 26A-F, 27A-F, 28A-D, 29A-F (mf)

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