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).

In synonymy:

Amrishoonops Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011 = Pseudanapis Simon, 1905 (Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 18)

Gossiblemma Roewer, 1963 = Pseudanapis Simon, 1905 (Shear, 1978: 8)

Gen. Pseudanapis Simon, 1905 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00776
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Gossiblemma Roewer, 1963a: 129 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04979] (type G. yapense Roewer, 1963 = P. aloha Forster, 1959), transferred from the Hadrotarsidae, by Shear, 1978: 8, and of Amrishoonops Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011d: 2 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03695] (type A. amrishi Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011, under the invalid new family name 'Hawkeswoodidae') by Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 18; not a senior synonym of Zangherella Caporiacco, 1949 (Brignoli, 1981b: 116, contra Brignoli, 1970b: 1413).

Transferred to other genera:

Pseudanapis algerica (Simon, 1895) -- see Zangherella

Pseudanapis apuliae Caporiacco, 1949 -- see Zangherella

Pseudanapis burra Forster, 1959 -- see Maxanapis

Pseudanapis darlingtoni Forster, 1959 -- see Spinanapis

Pseudanapis discoidalis Balogh & Loksa, 1968 -- see Anapis

Pseudanapis grossa Forster, 1959 -- see Conculus

Pseudanapis insolita Berland, 1924 -- see Caledanapis

Pseudanapis insula (Forster, 1951) -- see Paranapis

Pseudanapis montisemodi Brignoli, 1978 -- see Metanapis

Pseudanapis octocula Forster, 1959 -- see Octanapis

Pseudanapis plutella Forster, 1974 -- see Metanapis

Pseudanapis proloba Forster, 1974 -- see Forsteriola

Pseudanapis relicta Kratochvíl, 1935 -- see Zangherella

Pseudanapis rotunda Forster, 1974 -- see Crozetulus

Pseudanapis rugosa Forster, 1974 -- see Forsteriola

Pseudanapis spinipes (Forster, 1951) -- see Novanapis

Pseudanapis tectimundi Brignoli, 1978 -- see Metanapis

In synonymy:

Pseudanapis schauenbergi Brignoli, 1981 = Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959 (Wei, Li & Lin, 2021: 48)

Pseudanapis yapensis (Roewer, 1963, T from Gossiblemma) = Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959 (Shear, 1978: 8)

Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959 | | Japan, China, Thailand, Australia (Queensland), Fiji, Micronesia, Hawaii. Introduced to Britain, Germany, Mauritius, Réunion urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009147
Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959: 315, f. 106-110 (Dm) Original description
Gossiblemma yapensis Roewer, 1963a: 129, f. 9e-i (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061481]
Pseudanapis aloha Suman, 1967: 25, f. 11-16 (m, Df)
Pseudanapis aloha Shear, 1978: 8 (S of Gossiblemma yapensis)
Pseudanapis schauenbergi Brignoli, 1981b: 126, f. 16-19 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009154]
Pseudanapis aloha Snazell & Smithers, 2007: 74, f. 1-8 (mf)
Pseudanapis aloha Ono, 2009a: 402, f. 12-21 (m)
Pseudanapis aloha Wei, Li & Lin, 2021: 48, f. 1A-J, 2A-E (mf, S of Pseudanapis schauenbergi)
Pseudanapis aloha Suzuki, 2022a: 181, f. 1-7 (mf)
Pseudanapis amrishi (Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011) | | Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043837
Pseudanapis amrishi Platnick in Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 18 (T from Amrishoonops, may be S of Pseudanapis gertschi)
Amrishoonops amrishi Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011d: 2, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description
Pseudanapis amrishi Makhan, 2012: 1, f. 2-3 (m; N.B.: erroneously assigned to the family Caponiidae)
Pseudanapis benoiti Platnick & Shadab, 1979 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009148
Pseudanapis benoiti Platnick & Shadab, 1979b: 18, f. 51, 56-57 (Dmf) Original description
Pseudanapis domingo Platnick & Shadab, 1979 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009149
Pseudanapis domingo Platnick & Shadab, 1979b: 19, f. 53 (Dm) Original description
Pseudanapis domingo Dupérré & Tapia, 2018: 500, f. 59 (m habitus)
Pseudanapis gertschi (Forster, 1958) | | Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009150
Anapisona gertschi Forster, 1958: 9, f. 8, 10-11, 13, 20, 23 (Dmf, f. 26 see Anapisona kethleyi) Original description
Pseudanapis gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1979b: 19, f. 52, 58-59 (mf, T from Anapisona)
Pseudanapis gertschi Nentwig, 1993: 118, f. 57a-b, 59a-c (mf)
Pseudanapis gertschi Makhan, 2012: 1, f. 1 (m; N.B.: erroneously assigned to the family Caponiidae)
Pseudanapis hoeferi Kropf, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009151
Pseudanapis hoeferi Kropf, 1995: 19, f. 1-22 (Dmf) Original description
Pseudanapis namkhan Lin, Li & Jäger, 2013 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045696
Pseudanapis namkhan Lin, Li & Jäger, 2013: 512, f. 1A-H, 2A-D, 3A-E (Dm) Original description
Pseudanapis parocula (Simon, 1899) | | Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009152
Anapis paroculus Simon, 1899a: 97 (Df) Original description
Pseudanapis paroculus Simon, 1905c: 64, f. 3-4 (Dm)
Pseudanapis paroculus Platnick & Shadab, 1979b: 17, f. 44-50, 54-55 (mf)
Pseudanapis paroculus Brignoli, 1981b: 123, f. 10-13 (mf)
Pseudanapis ?parocula Murphy & Roberts, 2015: 531, f. 19 (mf)
Pseudanapis parocula Wei, Li & Lin, 2021: 50, f. 3A-H, 4A-E (mf)
Pseudanapis plumbea Forster, 1974 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009153
Pseudanapis plumbea Forster, 1974: 121, f. 10-12 (Df) Original description
Pseudanapis serica Brignoli, 1981 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009155
Pseudanapis serica Brignoli, 1981b: 125, f. 14-15 (Df) Original description
Pseudanapis wilsoni Forster, 1959 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009156
Pseudanapis wilsoni Forster, 1959: 316, f. 111-117, 154 (Dmf) Original description
Pseudanapis yasunica Zamani & Marusik, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061479
Pseudanapis yasunica Zamani & Marusik, 2024b: 694, f. 1A-E (Dm) Original description

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