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. Octanapis Platnick & Forster, 1989 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00773
Octanapis cann Platnick & Forster, 1989 | | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009142
Octanapis cann Platnick & Forster, 1989: 109, f. 314, 318-320 (Dmf) Original description
Octanapis octocula (Forster, 1959) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009143
Pseudanapis octocula Forster, 1959: 310, f. 88-91, 152 (Dmf) Original description
Risdonius octoculus Brignoli, 1981b: 116 (Tmf from Pseudanapis, rejected by Davies, 1985: 54)
Octanapis octocula Platnick & Forster, 1989: 111, f. 315, 321-323 (Tmf from Risdonius)

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