Anapidae Simon, 1895

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: relimited by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; considered a senior synonym of Symphytognathidae and Mysmenidae by Wunderlich, 1986, but rejected by Wunderlich, 2011: 512; considered a senior synonym of Micropholcommatidae by Schütt, 2003: 133 and Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316, re-elevation to family level by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); considered a senior synonym of Holarchaeidae [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0108] by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 240 (confirmed by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 342 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52); the family name "Hawkeswoodidae", proposed by Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011d: 1, is a nomen nudum that does not refer to a generic name (Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 17; see Pseudanapis); the family status of the Comaromidae Wunderlich, 2004h: 1034 (described as subfamily and elevated to family by Wunderlich, 2011: 512, confirmed by Wunderlich, 2023: 22, Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52) is not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list five valid subfamilies (Comaromidae and Micropholcommatidae as seperate, see above): Anapinae, Gigiellinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 97, Holarchaeinae, Taphiassinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 79 and Teutoniellinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a [no page found where this taxon is described, always named 'Teutoniellids'].
Gen. Plectochetos Butler, 1932 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04981
type Plectochetos longissimus Butler, 1932; gender masculine
N.B.: removed from the synonym of Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 by Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 51 (contra Forster, 1959: 297).
Plectochetos longissimus Butler, 1932 | | Australia (Queensland to Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005470 TYPE SPECIES
Plectochetos longissimus Butler, 1932: 107, pl. 1, f. 15-20 (Dmf) Original description
Micropholcomma longissima Forster, 1959: 298, f. 64-69, 137 (mf)
Micropholcomma longissima Forster & Platnick, 1984: 92, f. 360-361, 369-370, 375-376 (m)
Micropholcomma longissimum Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 27, f. 15E (f)
Plectochetos longissimus Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 51 (T from Micropholcomma)

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