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. Hickmanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00765
Hickmanapis minuta (Hickman, 1944) | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009118
Chasmocephalon minutum Hickman, 1944b: 180, f. 1-7, 32-33 (Dmf) Original description
Chasmocephalon minutum Forster, 1959: 326, f. 143
Hickmanapis minuta Platnick & Forster, 1989: 91, f. 253-257, 261-263, 266-267 (Tmf from Chasmocephalon)
Hickmanapis renison Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009119
Hickmanapis renison Platnick & Forster, 1989: 88, f. 258-260, 264-265 (Dmf) Original description

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