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:

Abuzaida Keyserling, 1891 = Arachosia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Ramírez, 2003: 130)

Eusamuza Mello-Leitão, 1915 = Arachosia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Ramírez, 2003: 130)

Gayennina Gertsch, 1935 = Arachosia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Ramírez, 2003: 130)

Samuza Keyserling, 1891 = Arachosia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Ramírez, 2003: 130)

Gen. Arachosia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02120

type Arachosia anyphaenoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Abuzaida Keyserling, 1891: 132 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05020] (type A. striata Keyserling, 1891), of Samuza Keyserling, 1891: 134 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05026] (type S. praesignis Keyserling, 1891), Eusamuza Mello-Leitão, 1915b: 144 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06321] (type Samuza praesignis Keyserling, 1891) and of Gayennina Gertsch, 1935b: 21 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05024] (type G. britcheri Gertsch, 1935 = Arachosia cubana (Banks, 1909)) by Ramírez, 2003: 130 [Abuzaida is removed from the synonymy of Gayenna Nicolet, 1849, contra Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 457; Samuza is removed from the synonymy of Gayenna Nicolet, 1849, contra Petrunkevitch, 1911: 485; Eusamuza is removed from the synonymy of Gayenna Nicolet, 1849, contra Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 457; Gayennina is removed from the synonymy of Oxysoma Nicolet, 1849, contra Barnes, 1953: 18].

Transferred to other genera:

Arachosia angusta Mello-Leitão, 1944 -- see Monapia

In synonymy:

Arachosia bonneti (Mello-Leitão, 1947, T from Gayenna) = Arachosia albiventris Mello-Leitão, 1922 (Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 24)

Arachosia britcheri (Gertsch, 1935, T from Gayennina) = Arachosia cubana (Banks, 1909) (Barnes, 1953: 18, sub Oxysoma)

Arachosia mezenioides Mello-Leitão, 1922 = Arachosia freiburgensis Keyserling, 1891 (Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 13)

Arachosia ramboi (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Oxysoma) = Arachosia honesta Keyserling, 1891 (Ramírez, 2003: 137)

Arachosia tripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1945, T from Tomopisthes) = Arachosia praesignis (Keyserling, 1891) (Ramírez, 2003: 132)

Nomina dubia:

Arachosia dubia (Berland, 1913b: 103, mf, Ecuador, originally in Oxysoma) -- Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 9

Arachosia duplovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 422, f. 52, j, Argentina, originally in Gayenna) -- Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 9

Arachosia polytrichia (Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 18, f, Brazil, originally in Oxysoma) -- Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 9

Arachosia sulfurea Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 20 (f, Brazil) -- Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 9

Arachosia albiventris Mello-Leitão, 1922 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023738

Arachosia albiventris Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 20 (Df) Original description

Gayenna bonneti Mello-Leitão, 1947c: 32, pl. 6, f. 20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023808]

Arachosia bonneti Ramírez, 2003: 131 (T from Gayenna)

Arachosia albiventris Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 24 (f, Dm, S of Arachosia bonneti)

Arachosia anyphaenoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023739 TYPE SPECIES

Arachosia anyphaenoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 426, pl. 29, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Arachosia arachosia Mello-Leitão, 1922 | | Venezuela, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023740

Arachosia arachosia Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 22 (Dm) Original description

Arachosia arachosia Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 18, f. 9A-H, 10A-F, 11A-D (m, Df)

Arachosia avalosi Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047564

Arachosia avalosi Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 58, f. 41A-G, 42A-F, 43A-D, 44A-E, 71A-E (Dmf) Original description

Arachosia bergi (Simon, 1880) | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023961

Phidyle bergi Simon, 1880a: 345 (Dm) Original description

Oxysoma bergi Simon, 1897a: 100

Oxysoma bergi Berland, 1913b: 103, pl. 10, f. 80-82 (m)

Arachosia bergi Ramírez, 2003: 139, f. 68D-F, 75A-D (m, Df, T from Oxysoma; f. 67B, 70 see Arachosia kapiipeoi)

Arachosia bergi Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 39, f. 25A-F, 26A-F, 27A-E, 28A-G, 70A-E (mf)

Arachosia bergi Poy et al., 2025: 9, f. 9a-g (mf)

Arachosia bifasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1922) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023962

Oxysoma bifasciatum Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 18 (Dm) Original description

Arachosia bifasciata Ramírez, 2003: 131 (T from Oxysoma)

Arachosia bifasciata Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 54, f. 3B, 38A-G, 39A-F, 40A-D (m, Df)

Arachosia carancho Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047568

Arachosia carancho Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 80, f. 57A-F, 58A-F, 59A-D, 73A-D (Dmf) Original description

Arachosia cubana (Banks, 1909) | | USA, Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023963

Oxysoma cubana Banks, 1909b: 157, pl. 45, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Gayennina britcheri Gertsch, 1935b: 21, f. 35-36 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062150]

Oxysoma cubanum Bryant, 1940: 435, pl. 16, f. 218, 222, pl. 17, f. 234 (m, Df)

Oxysoma cubanum Barnes, 1953: 18 (S of Gayennina britcheri)

Oxysoma cubana Platnick, 1974: 260, f. 105-109 (mf)

Arachosia cubana Ramírez, 2003: 142 (T from Oxysoma)

Arachosia cubana Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 51, f. 34A-E, 35A-F, 36A-D, 37A-E (mf)

Arachosia freiburgensis Keyserling, 1891 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023741

Arachosia freiburgensis Keyserling, 1891: 126, pl. 4, f. 86 (Dm) Original description

Arachosia mezenioides Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023743]

Arachosia freiburgensis Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 13, f. 4A-I, 5A-F, 6A-D (mf, S of Arachosia mezenioides)

Arachosia honesta Keyserling, 1891 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023742

Arachosia honesta Keyserling, 1891: 127, pl. 4, f. 87 (Df) Original description

Arachosia honesta Ramírez, 2003: 137, f. 74A-F (f, Dm, S of Oxysoma ramboi)

Oxysoma ramboi Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 237, f. 64 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023974]

Arachosia honesta Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 47, f. 31A-D, 32A-F, 33A-D (mf)

Arachosia kapiipeoi Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 | | Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047565

Arachosia bergi Ramírez, 2003: 139, f. 67B, 70 (m; misidentified per Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 63)

Arachosia kapiipeoi Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 63, f. 1A, C-F, 2C-D, 45A-F, 46A-F, 47A-F, 48A-E, 49A-F, 72A-E (Dmf) Original description

Arachosia magna Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047569

Arachosia magna Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 85, f. 2A-B, 60A-E, 61A-F, 62A-E, 63A-E, 74A-F (Dmf) Original description

Arachosia minensis (Mello-Leitão, 1926) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023744

Monapia minensis Mello-Leitão, 1926b: 7, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Arachosia minensis Ramírez, 1995b: 88 (T from Monapia)

Arachosia minensis Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 22, f. 12A-E, 13A-G (m)

Arachosia monserrate Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047567

Arachosia monserrate Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 77, f. 54A-D, 55A-F, 56A-E (Dm) Original description

Arachosia oblonga (Keyserling, 1878) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023696

Anyphaena oblonga Keyserling, 1878a: 605, pl. 14, f. 24 (Df) Original description

Arachosia oblonga Ramírez, 2003: 131 (T from Anyphaena)

Arachosia pinhalito Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047563

Arachosia pinhalito Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 37, f. 22A-E, 23A-F, 24A-D (Dmf) Original description

Arachosia praesignis (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023838

Samuza praesignis Keyserling, 1891: 135, pl. 4, f. 92 (Df) Original description

Gayenna praesignis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 485

Eusamuza praesignis Mello-Leitão, 1915b: 144 (lapsus)

Tomopisthes tripunctatus Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 265, f. 52 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024079]

Arachosia praesignis Ramírez, 2003: 131, f. 61A, 67A, 69B, 71A-C, 72 (Dm, f, T from Gayenna, S of Tomopisthes tripunctatus)

Arachosia praesignis Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 31, f. 3A, 18A-E, 19A-F, 20A-D, 21A-E, 68A-C (mf)

Arachosia praesignis Oliveira & Brescovit, 2021b: 68, f. 6A, C, F, H, J, 7A, C, 32A (mf)

Arachosia proseni (Mello-Leitão, 1944) | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023839

Gayenna proseni Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 358, f. 50-51 (Dmf) Original description

Arachosia proseni Ramírez, 2003: 131 (T from Gayenna)

Arachosia proseni Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 89, f. 1B, 64A-E, 65A-F, 66A-E, 67A-D (mf)

Arachosia puta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 | | Panama, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023745

Arachosia puta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 100, pl. 13, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Arachosia puta Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 15, f. 7A-D, 8A-D (f)

Arachosia striata (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023850

Abuzaida striata Keyserling, 1891: 133, pl. 4, f. 91 (Df) Original description

Gayenna striata Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 457

Arachosia striata Ramírez, 2003: 136, f. 73A-B (f, T from Gayenna)

Arachosia striata Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 46, f. 29A-D, 30A-D (f)

Arachosia tungurahua Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047566

Arachosia tungurahua Rubio & Ramírez, 2015: 72, f. 50A-F, 51A-F, 52A-D, 53A-D (Dmf) Original description