World Spider Catalog

Anyphaenidae Simon, 1864

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the authorship of the family is corrected from Bertkau, 1878: 379 to Simon, 1864: 144 (sub Anyphaeniens) following the arguing by Marusik & Özkütük, 2026: 276; the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet, Platnick and in the WSC until 2026; considered a senior synonym of Amaurobioididae by Platnick, 1974: 211; transfer of the monotypic subfamily Malenellinae Ramírez, 1995 to the Amaurobiidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 605.

Gen. Acanthoceto Mello-Leitão, 1944 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02115

type Acanthoceto adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944; gender feminine according to Ramírez, 2003; syn. of Acanthoceto acupicta (Nicolet, 1849)

N.B.: transferred from the Corinnidae to the Anyphaenidae by Ramírez, 1997: 180.

Transferred to other genera:

Acanthoceto bryantae Caporiacco, 1955 -- see Josa

In synonymy:

Acanthoceto adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944 = Acanthoceto acupicta (Nicolet, 1849) (Ramírez, 1997: 186)

Acanthoceto marginata (Keyserling, 1891, T from Gayenna) = Acanthoceto acupicta (Nicolet, 1849) (Ramírez, 1997: 186)

Acanthoceto acupicta (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023621 TYPE SPECIES

Clubiona acupicta Nicolet, 1849: 420 (Df) Original description

Clubiona acupita Simon, 1864: 132

Tomopisthes acupictus Simon, 1887h: E4

Gayenna marginata Keyserling, 1891: 139, pl. 4, f. 95 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060873]

Acanthoceto adelae Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 352, f. 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060872]

Acanthoceto acupictus Ramírez, 1997: 186, f. 2-3, 7, 9-10, 15-17, 44-51 (Dm, f, T from Tomopisthes, S of Acanthoceto adelae and Gayenna marginata)

Acanthoceto acupicta Ramírez, 2003: 77, f. 31A, 32B, 33D-E (m)

Acanthoceto acupicta Poy et al., 2025: 7, f. 4a-b, 5a-b, 6a-d (mf)

Acanthoceto cinerea (Tullgren, 1901) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023622

Gayenna cinerea Tullgren, 1901b: 244 (Df) Original description

Acanthoceto cinereus Ramírez, 1997: 182, f. 8, 11, 29-35 (Dm, f, T from Gayenna)

Acanthoceto cinerea Ramírez, 2003: 76, f. 32A, 33C (m)

Acanthoceto ladormida Ramírez, 1997 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023623

Acanthoceto ladormida Ramírez, 1997: 185, f. 14, 40-43 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoceto marina Ramírez, 1997 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023624

Acanthoceto marinus Ramírez, 1997: 184, f. 4-5, 12, 36-39 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoceto pichi Ramírez, 1997 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023625

Acanthoceto pichi Ramírez, 1997: 181, f. 6, 13, 20-28 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoceto pichi Ramírez, 2003: 74, f. 33B (m)

Acanthoceto riogrande Ramírez, 1997 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023626

Acanthoceto riogrande Ramírez, 1997: 189, f. 19, 58-63 (Dmf) Original description

Acanthoceto septentrionalis (Berland, 1913) | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023627

Tomopisthes septentrionalis Berland, 1913b: 100, pl. 10, f. 70-72 (Df) Original description

Acanthoceto septentrionalis Ramírez, 1997: 188, f. 18, 52-57 (Dm, f, T from Tomopisthes)