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. Katissa Brescovit, 1997 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02140

type Anyphaena simplicipalpis Simon, 1897; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Katissa bucolica (Chickering, 1940, T from Teudis) = Katissa simplicipalpis (Simon, 1898) (Brescovit, 1997a: 54)

Katissa delicatula (Banks, 1909) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023910

Anyphaena delicatula Banks, 1909a: 200, pl. 6, f. 49 (Df) Original description

Katissa delicatula Brescovit, 1997a: 54 (T from Anyphaena)

Katissa elegans (Banks, 1909) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023911

Teudis elegans Banks, 1909a: 200, pl. 6, f. 48 (Df) Original description

Katissa elegans Brescovit, 1997a: 54 (T from Teudis)

Katissa guyasamini Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049096

Katissa guyasamini Dupérré & Tapia, 2016: 18, f. 22-26 (Dmf) Original description

Katissa kurusiki Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049092

Katissa kurusiki Dupérré & Tapia, 2016: 6, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Katissa lycosoides (Chickering, 1937) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023912

Teudis lycosoides Chickering, 1937b: 549, pl. 58, f. 13, pl. 59, f. 26 (Df) Original description

Katissa lycosoides Brescovit, 1997a: 54 (T from Teudis)

Katissa puyu Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049093

Katissa puyu Dupérré & Tapia, 2016: 10, f. 7-11 (Dmf) Original description

Katissa simplicipalpis (Simon, 1898) | | Lesser Antilles, Panama, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023913 TYPE SPECIES

Anyphaena simplicipalpis Simon, 1898i: 878 (Dmf) Original description

Teudis bucolicus Chickering, 1940b: 94, f. 23-26 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065155]

Katissa simplicipalpis Brescovit, 1997a: 54, f. 99-103 (mf, T from Anyphaena, S of Teudis bucolicus)

Katissa tamya Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049094

Katissa tamya Dupérré & Tapia, 2016: 12, f. 12-16 (Dmf) Original description

Katissa yaya Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049095

Katissa yaya Dupérré & Tapia, 2016: 15, f. 17-21 (Dmf) Original description

Katissa zimarae (Reimoser, 1939) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023914

Anyphaena zimarae Reimoser, 1939: 381, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Katissa zimarae Brescovit, 1997a: 55, f. 104-106 (f, T from Anyphaena)