World Spider Catalog

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. Maxanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00767

Maxanapis bartle Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009121

Maxanapis bartle Platnick & Forster, 1989: 95, f. 279-282 (Dmf) Original description

Maxanapis bell Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009122

Maxanapis bell Platnick & Forster, 1989: 107, f. 285, 311-313 (Dmf) Original description

Maxanapis bellenden Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009123

Maxanapis bellenden Platnick & Forster, 1989: 106, f. 293, 308-310 (Dmf) Original description

Maxanapis burra (Forster, 1959) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009124

Pseudanapis burra Forster, 1959: 309, f. 82-87 (Dmf) Original description

Anapogonia burra Brignoli, 1981b: 115 (Tmf from Pseudanapis)

Maxanapis burra Platnick & Forster, 1989: 99, f. 271-278, 289-292 (Tmf from Anapogonia)

Maxanapis crassifemoralis (Wunderlich, 1976) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009125

Chasmocephalon crassifemoralis Wunderlich, 1976b: 123, f. 37-42 (Dm) Original description

Anapogonia crassifemoralis Brignoli, 1981b: 115 (Tm from Chasmocephalon)

Chasmocephalon crassifemoralis Wunderlich, 1986: 218, f. 224-227 (m)

Maxanapis crassifemoralis Platnick & Forster, 1989: 97, f. 283, 286-288 (Tm from Anapogonia, Df)

Maxanapis dorrigo Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009126

Maxanapis dorrigo Platnick & Forster, 1989: 104, f. 295, 302-304 (Dmf) Original description

Maxanapis mossman Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009127

Maxanapis mossman Platnick & Forster, 1989: 101, f. 296-298, 316 (Dmf) Original description

Maxanapis tenterfield Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009128

Maxanapis tenterfield Platnick & Forster, 1989: 105, f. 294, 305-307 (Dmf) Original description

Maxanapis tribulation Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009129

Maxanapis tribulation Platnick & Forster, 1989: 102, f. 284, 299-301 (Dmf) Original description