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. Metanapis Brignoli, 1981 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00768
Metanapis bimaculata (Simon, 1895) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009130
Chasmocephalon bimaculatum Simon, 1895a: 928, f. 993 (Df) Original description
Chasmocephalon bimaculatum Fage, 1937: 103, f. 4 (Dm)
Metanapis bimaculata Brignoli, 1981b: 118 (T from Chasmocephalon)
Metanapis bimaculata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020i: 11, 1 f. (m)
Metanapis mahnerti Brignoli, 1981 | | Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009131
Metanapis mahnerti Brignoli, 1981b: 120, f. 6-7 (Dm) Original description
Metanapis montisemodi (Brignoli, 1978) | | Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009132
Pseudanapis montisemodi Brignoli, 1978l: 248, f. 1-3 (Dmf) Original description
Metanapis montisemodi Brignoli, 1981b: 118 (T from Pseudanapis)
Metanapis plutella (Forster, 1974) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009133
Pseudanapis plutella Forster, 1974: 116, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description
Metanapis plutella Brignoli, 1981b: 118 (T from Pseudanapis)
Metanapis tectimundi (Brignoli, 1978) | | Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009134
Pseudanapis tectimundi Brignoli, 1978l: 249, f. 4-5 (Df) Original description
Metanapis tectimundi Brignoli, 1981b: 118 (T from Pseudanapis)

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