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. Sillus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02156

type Clubiona attigua O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Sillus armatus Chickering, 1940 -- see Patrera

Sillus coloratus Chickering, 1937 -- see Lupettiana

Sillus delicatus Mello-Leitão, 1922 -- see Patrera

Sillus frenatus (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Wulfilopsis

Sillus pellucidus (Keyserling, 1891) -- see Patrera

Sillus placens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Anyphaenoides

Sillus putus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Patrera

Sillus spinifrons Mello-Leitão, 1926 -- see Patrera

Sillus attiguus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024004 TYPE SPECIES

Clubiona attigua O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 169, pl. 21, f. 1 (Dm) Original description

Sillus attiguus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 103, pl. 7, f. 27 (m)

Sillus attiguus Brescovit, 1997a: 25, f. 22-25 (m)

Sillus curvispina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024005

Sillus curvispina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 104, pl. 7, f. 26 (Dm) [N.B.: curvispina is not an adjective] Original description

Sillus dubius (Chickering, 1937) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024007

Wulfila dubia Chickering, 1937b: 551, pl. 58, f. 4, 15, pl. 59, f. 29 (Dmf) Original description

Sillus dubius Chickering, 1940b: 92

Sillus dubius Brescovit, 1997a: 25, f. 26-32 (mf)

Sillus furciger Caporiacco, 1954 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024008

Sillus furciger Caporiacco, 1954: 119, f. 31, 31a-b (Dmf) Original description

Sillus imbecillus (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024009

Anyphaena imbecilla Keyserling, 1891: 108, pl. 3, f. 68 (Df) Original description

Sillus imbecillus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 511

Sillus longispina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 | | Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024010

Sillus longispina F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 104, pl. 7, f. 28 (Dm) [N.B.: longispina is not an adjective] Original description

Sillus longispina Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 146, f. 68-69 (m)

Sillus lunula F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024011

Sillus lunula F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 103, pl. 7, f. 25 (Df) Original description

Sillus ravus Chickering, 1940 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024013

Sillus ravus Chickering, 1940b: 93, f. 20-22 (Dm) Original description