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. Caledanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00755
type Caledanapis peckorum Platnick & Forster, 1989; gender feminine
Caledanapis dzumac Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009081
Caledanapis dzumac Platnick & Forster, 1989: 68, f. 199, 204-206 (Dmf) Original description
Caledanapis insolita (Berland, 1924) | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009082
Pseudanapis insolitus Berland, 1924a: 200, f. 75-82 (Dmf) Original description
Anapogonia insolita Brignoli, 1981b: 127, f. 23-25 (Tmf from Pseudanapis)
Caledanapis insolita Platnick & Forster, 1989: 70, f. 210-213 (Tmf from Anapogonia)
Caledanapis peckorum Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009083 TYPE SPECIES
Caledanapis peckorum Platnick & Forster, 1989: 63, f. 194-197 (Dmf) Original description
Caledanapis pilupilu (Brignoli, 1981) | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009084
Anapogonia pilupilu Brignoli, 1981b: 128, f. 20-22 (Dm) Original description
Caledanapis pilupilu Platnick & Forster, 1989: 69, f. 183-193, 200, 207-209 (Tm from Anapogonia, Df)
Caledanapis sera Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009085
Caledanapis sera Platnick & Forster, 1989: 71, f. 398-404 (Dmf) Original description
Caledanapis tillierorum Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009086
Caledanapis tillierorum Platnick & Forster, 1989: 66, f. 198, 201-203 (Dmf) Original description

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