World Spider Catalog

Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: 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; mentioning of "Anyphaeniens" by Simon, 1864: 94, but the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this continued here.

In synonymy:

Anyphaenella Bryant, 1931 = Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 (Platnick, 1974: 242)

Cragus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 = Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 (Platnick, 1974: 242)

Gen. Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02166

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Cragus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 215 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05023] (type C. pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896, preoccupied in Wulfila; syn. of W. tantillus Chickering, 1940) and of Anyphaenella Bryant, 1931: 115 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05021] (type A. alba Bryant, 1931) by Platnick, 1974: 242.

Transferred to other genera:

Wulfila tricuspis Bryant, 1940 -- see Thaloe

Wulfila tripunctatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 -- see Wulfilopsis

In synonymy:

Wulfila argentina Platnick, 1978 = Wulfila albus Mello-Leitão, 1945 (, objective synonym)

Wulfila tenellus Chickering, 1940 = Wulfila tantillus Chickering, 1940 (Platnick, 1974: 246)

Homonym replaced:

Wulfila pallidus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Wulfila tantillus Chickering, 1940

Wulfila albens (Hentz, 1847) | | USA, Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024087

Clubiona albens Hentz, 1847: 453, pl. 23, f. 24 (Df) Original description

Chiracanthium albens Simon, 1897a: 83

Anyphaenella alba Bryant, 1931: 116, pl. 7, f. 20-21 (f, Dm)

Wulfila alba Platnick, 1974: 245, f. 83-84, 90, 100 (mf)

Wulfila albus (Mello-Leitão, 1945) | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024088

Josa alba Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 264, f. 50 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila argentina Platnick, 1978f: 157, f. 1-2 (m, T from Josa; superfluous replacement name for J. alba Mello-Leitão, 1945, erroneously thought preoccupied by W. albens) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055397]

Wulfila argentina Brescovit, 1991c: 485, f. 1-2 (Df)

Wulfila argentina Brescovit, 1997a: 23, f. 15-21 (mf)

Wulfila arraijanicus Chickering, 1940 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024089

Wulfila arraijanica Chickering, 1940b: 109, f. 48 (Df) Original description

Wulfila bryantae Platnick, 1974 | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024090

Wulfila bryantae Platnick, 1974: 249, f. 92-93, 96, 102 (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila coamoanus Petrunkevitch, 1930 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024091

Wulfila coamoana Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 80, f. 67-69 (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila conchamonile Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051555

Wulfila conchamonile Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019: 271, f. 1a-f, 2a-e, 3a-f (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila diversus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024092

Wulfila diversus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895a: 159, pl. 19, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Wulfila fasciculus (Bryant, 1948) | | Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024093

Anyphaenella fascicula Bryant, 1948b: 425, f. 109-110 (Dmf) Original description

Anyphaenella fasciculata Roewer, 1955c: 530 (lapsus)

Wulfila fragilis Chickering, 1937 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024094

Wulfila fragilis Chickering, 1937b: 553, pl. 58, f. 7-8, pl. 59, f. 31 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila fragilis (Bryant, 1948) | | Haiti urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024095

Anyphaenella fragilis Bryant, 1948b: 427, pl. 12, f. 118 (Df; N.B.: if valid and congeneric with Wulfila fragilis Chickering, 1937, a replacement name will be needed) Original description

Wulfila gracilipes (Banks, 1903) | | Haiti urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024096

Anyphaena gracilipes Banks, 1903: 342, pl. 15, f. 6, 10 (Df) Original description

Anyphaenella gracilipes Bryant, 1948b: 428, pl. 12, f. 117 (f)

Wulfila immaculatus Banks, 1914 | | USA, Cuba, Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024097

Wulfila immaculata Banks, 1914c: 640, pl. 43, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Wulfila immaculata Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 85, f. 72 (f)

Wulfila immaculata Bryant, 1936a: 98, pl. 3, f. 1 (Dm)

Wulfila immaculellus (Gertsch, 1933) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024098

Anyphaenella immaculella Gertsch, 1933c: 9, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Wulfila immaculella Platnick, 1974: 248, f. 87-88, 98, 103 (mf)

Wulfila inconspicuus Petrunkevitch, 1930 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024099

Wulfila inconspicua Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 83, f. 70-71 (Df) Original description

Wulfila innoxius Chickering, 1940 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024100

Wulfila innoxia Chickering, 1940b: 110, f. 49-51 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila inornatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024101

Cragus inornatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 240, pl. 33, f. 9 (Dm) Original description

Cragus inornatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 106, pl. 7, f. 30-31 (m, Df)

Wulfila isolatus Bryant, 1942 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024102

Wulfila isolata Bryant, 1942b: 13, pl. 2, f. 20 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila longidens Mello-Leitão, 1948 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024103

Wulfila longidens Mello-Leitão, 1948: 195, f. 34 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila longipes (Bryant, 1940) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024104

Anyphaenella longipes Bryant, 1940: 432, f. 213, 217, 220 (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila luisi Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051557

Wulfila luisi Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019: 276, f. 6a-f, 7a-e, 8a-f (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila macer (Simon, 1898) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024105

Vulfila macra Simon, 1898i: 879 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila macropalpus Petrunkevitch, 1930 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024106

Wulfila macropalpus Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 74, f. 61-66 (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila maculatus Chickering, 1937 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024107

Wulfila maculata Chickering, 1937b: 555, pl. 58, f. 9, pl. 59, f. 18, 24 (Df) Original description

Wulfila maculata Chickering, 1940b: 112, f. 52-53 (Dm)

Wulfila mandibulatus (Petrunkevitch, 1925) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024108

Cragus mandibulata Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 143, f. 63-67 (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila mandibulata Banks, 1929: 63, pl. 1, f. 7, 12, 14, pl. 2, f. 27 (m)

Wulfila mandibulata Chickering, 1940b: 114, f. 54-57 (mf)

Wulfila modestus Chickering, 1937 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024109

Wulfila modesta Chickering, 1937b: 556, pl. 58, f. 14, pl. 59, f. 25 (Df) Original description

Wulfila modesta Chickering, 1940b: 114, f. 58-59 (Dm)

Wulfila pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024110

Wulfila pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895a: 159, pl. 19, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Wulfila pallida Platnick, 1974: 243, f. 144 (f)

Wulfila pallida Brescovit, 1997a: 22, f. 14 (f)

Wulfila parvulus (Banks, 1898) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024111

Cheiracanthium parvulum Banks, 1898b: 224, pl. 13, f. 36 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila parvula Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1992: 738 (Tm from Cheiracanthium)

Wulfila pavidus (Bryant, 1948) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024112

Anyphaenella pavida Bryant, 1948a: 63, pl. 10, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Wulfila pellucidus Chickering, 1937 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024113

Wulfila pellucida Chickering, 1937b: 557, pl. 58, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Wulfila phantasma Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051559

Wulfila phantasma Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019: 283, f. 12a-f, 13a-e (Dm) Original description

Wulfila pretiosus Banks, 1914 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024114

Wulfila pretiosa Banks, 1914c: 640, pl. 43, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Wulfila proximus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024115

Wulfila proximus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895a: 159, pl. 19, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Wulfila proxima Chickering, 1940b: 116, f. 60-61 (f)

Wulfila pulverulentus Chickering, 1937 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024116

Wulfila pulverulenta Chickering, 1937b: 558, pl. 58, f. 5-6, pl. 59, f. 30 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila pulverulenta Chickering, 1940b: 116, f. 60-61 (Df)

Wulfila saltabundus (Hentz, 1847) | | USA, Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024117

Clubiona saltabunda Hentz, 1847: 453, pl. 23, f. 23 (Df) Original description

Anyphaena saltabunda Emerton, 1890: 187, pl. 6, f. 4 (f, Dm)

Anyphaena saltabunda Emerton, 1902: 14, f. 46-47 (mf)

Gayenna saltabunda Comstock, 1912: 563, f. 638-639

Anyphaenella saltabunda Bryant, 1931: 116, pl. 7, f. 18, 22 (mf)

Anyphaenella saltabunda Comstock, 1940: 576, f. 638-639 (mf)

Anyphaenella saltabunda Muma, 1943: 144, pl. XV, f. 17-18 (mf)

Anyphaenella saltabunda Kaston, 1948: 406, f. 1465-1470 (mf)

Wulfila saltabunda Platnick, 1974: 243, f. 81-82, 89, 99 (mf)

Wulfila saltabundus Dondale & Redner, 1982: 170, f. 313-319 (mf)

Wulfila saltabundus Breene et al., 1993: 74, f. 66A-C (mf)

Wulfila saltabundus Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 35, f. 196-198 (mf)

Wulfila sanguineus Franganillo, 1931 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024118

Wulfila sanguinea Franganillo, 1931d: 46 (Df) Original description

Wulfila sanguinea Franganillo, 1935c: 25, f. 25 (f)

Wulfila sanguinea Franganillo, 1936c: 121, f. 69a-b (f)

Wulfila scopulatus Simon, 1897 | | America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024119

Wulfila scopulata Simon, 1897a: 95, f. 95-96 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila spatulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024120

Wulfila spatulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 105, pl. 7, f. 29 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila spinosus Chickering, 1937 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024121

Wulfila spinosa Chickering, 1937b: 560, pl. 59, f. 17, 27-28 (Df) Original description

Wulfila sublestus Chickering, 1940 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024122

Wulfila sublesta Chickering, 1940b: 118, f. 62-63 (Df) Original description

Wulfila tantillus Chickering, 1940 | | USA to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024123

Cragus pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 215, pl. 26, f. 10 (Dm, preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895, see Wulfila pallidus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055399]

Wulfila tantilla Chickering, 1940b: 119, f. 64-66 (Dm) Original description

Wulfila tenella Chickering, 1940b: 120, f. 67-68 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055398]

Wulfila tantilla Platnick, 1974: 246, f. 85-86, 91, 101 (mf, S of Wulfila tenella and Cragus pallidus, considered earliest available name to replace Cragus pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896, preoccupied in Wulfila)

Wulfila tauricorneus Franganillo, 1935 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024124

Wulfila tauricornea Franganillo, 1935c: 24, f. 24a (Df) Original description

Wulfila tauricornea Franganillo, 1936c: 120, f. 68a (f)

Wulfila tenuissimus Simon, 1896 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024125

Wulfila tenuissima Simon, 1896b: 400 (Df) Original description

Wulfila tinctus Franganillo, 1930 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024126

Wulfila tincta Franganillo, 1930: 35 (Df) Original description

Wulfila tincta Franganillo, 1935c: 24, f. 24b (f)

Wulfila tincta Franganillo, 1936c: 121, f. 68b (f)

Wulfila tropicus Petrunkevitch, 1930 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024127

Wulfila tropica Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 68, f. 56-60 (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila unguis Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051558

Wulfila unguis Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019: 280, f. 9a-f, 10a-e, 11a-f (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila ventralis Banks, 1906 | | Bahama Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024128

Wulfila ventralis Banks, 1906a: 186, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Wulfila wunda Platnick, 1974 | | USA, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Puerto Rico (Mona Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024129

Wulfila immaculata Bryant, 1936a: 98, f. 1 (m, misidentified)

Wulfila wunda Platnick, 1974: 250, f. 94-95, 97, 104 (Dmf) Original description

Wulfila xilitlensis Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051556

Wulfila xilitlensis Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2019: 274, f. 4a-e, 5a-b (Df) Original description