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.

In synonymy:

Schiapellia Mello-Leitão, 1938 = Axyracrus Simon, 1884 (Ramírez, 2003: 58)

Gen. Axyracrus Simon, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02122

type Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Schiapellia Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 115 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02264] (type S. gerschmanae Mello-Leitão, 1938 = Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884) (transferred from the Corinnidae to the Anyphaenidae) by Ramírez, 2003: 57 (after Ramírez, in Bonaldo, 2000: 34).

Transferred to other genera:

Axyracrus coccineus Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Negayan

In synonymy:

Axyracrus boydi (Forster, 1970, T from Amaurobioides) = Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884 (Ramírez, 2003: 58)

Axyracrus gerschmanae (Mello-Leitão, 1938) = Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884 (Ramírez, 2003: 58)

Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023750 TYPE SPECIES

Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1884l: 140, pl. 3, f. 20 (Df) Original description

Axyracrus elegans Simon, 1887h: E23, pl. 1, f. 10 (f)

Schiapellia gerschmanni Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 116, f. 36-37 (Df; patronym for Gerschman)

Amaurobioides boydi Forster, 1970b: 175, f. 503-504 (Df)

Axyracrus elegans Ramírez, 2003: 58, f. 21A-H (f, Dm, S)