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. Jessica Brescovit, 1997 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02138

type Osoriella osoriana Mello-Leitão, 1922; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Jessica dasypus (Mello-Leitão, 1947, T from Teudis) = Jessica fidelis (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Brescovit, 1999b: 252)

Jessica goodnighti (Soares & Camargo, 1948) = Jessica erythrostoma (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Brescovit, 1999b: 257)

Jessica rhodonota (Mello-Leitão, 1946, T from Osoriella) = Jessica erythrostoma (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Brescovit, 1993f: 789, sub Teudis)

Jessica rubricephalus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) = Jessica fidelis (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Brescovit, 1999b: 252)

Jessica rufibarbis (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Anyphaena) = Jessica osoriana (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Brescovit, 1997a: 45)

Jessica campesina (Bauab-Vianna, 1979) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023894

Oedignatha campesina Bauab-Vianna, 1979a: 15, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Jessica campesina Brescovit, 1997a: 45 (T from Oedignatha)

Jessica campesina Brescovit, 1999b: 263, f. 36-40 (f, Dm)

Jessica eden Brescovit, 1999 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023895

Jessica eden Brescovit, 1999b: 266, f. 47-49 (Df) Original description

Jessica erythrostoma (Mello-Leitão, 1939) | | Colombia to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023896

Teudis erythrostomus Mello-Leitão, 1939h: 292 (Df) Original description

Osoriella rhodonota Mello-Leitão, 1946b: 21, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065142]

Aysha goodnighti Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 401, f. 77 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065141]

Teudis erythrostomus Brescovit, 1993f: 789 (S of Osoriella rhodonota)

Jessica erythrostoma Brescovit, 1997a: 45 (T from Teudis)

Jessica goodnighti Brescovit, 1997a: 45 (T from Aysha)

Jessica erythrostoma Brescovit, 1999b: 257, f. 20-22, 26-31 (mf, S of Jessica goodnighti)

Jessica fidelis (Mello-Leitão, 1922) | | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023897

Aysha fidelis Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 23 (Dmf) Original description

Teudis rubricephalus Mello-Leitão, 1939e: 91, f. 84 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065143]

Teudis dasypus Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 33, pl. 2, f. 33-34 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065140]

Jessica rubricephala Brescovit, 1997a: 45 (T from Teudis)

Jessica fidelis Brescovit, 1999b: 250, f. 8-12, 23-25 (mf, T from Aysha, S of Jessica rubricephalus and Teudis dasypus)

Jessica glabra (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023898

Anyphaena glabra Keyserling, 1891: 111, pl. 3, f. 71 (Df) Original description

Jessica glabra Brescovit, 1997a: 45 (T from Anyphaena)

Jessica glabra Brescovit, 1999b: 260, f. 32-35 (Dm, f)

Jessica itatiaia Brescovit, 1999 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023899

Jessica itatiaia Brescovit, 1999b: 265, f. 45-46 (Dm) Original description

Jessica osoriana (Mello-Leitão, 1922) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023900 TYPE SPECIES

Osoriella osoriana Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 36 (Dmf) Original description

Anyphaena rufibarbis Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 234, f. 61 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065144]

Jessica osoriana Brescovit, 1997a: 45, f. 79-83 (mf, T from Osoriella, S of Anyphaena rufibarbis)

Jessica osoriana Brescovit, 1999b: 250, f. 1-7 (mf)

Jessica pachecoi Brescovit, 1999 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023901

Jessica pachecoi Brescovit, 1999b: 266, f. 50-54, 57-58 (Dmf) Original description

Jessica puava Brescovit, 1999 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023902

Jessica puava Brescovit, 1999b: 260, f. 59-61 (Dm) Original description

Jessica rafaeli Brescovit, 1999 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023903

Jessica rafaeli Brescovit, 1999b: 255, f. 13-15 (Dm) Original description

Jessica renneri Brescovit, 1999 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023904

Jessica renneri Brescovit, 1999b: 264, f. 41-44 (Dmf) Original description

Jessica sergipana Brescovit, 1999 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023905

Jessica sergipana Brescovit, 1999b: 255, f. 16-19, 55-56 (Dmf) Original description