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Genus: Anapis Simon, 1895 | Family: Anapidae Simon, 1895

Anapis anchicaya Platnick & Shadab, 1978

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009047

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Described:

Distribution: Panama, Colombia

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Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m - (Garrido-Trujillo et al., 2025a)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1f - (Garrido-Trujillo et al., 2025a)

Taxonomic References

Anapis anchicaya Platnick & Shadab, 1978b: 11, f. 16, 27, 37-38 (Dmf) Original description

Anapis anchicaya Garrido-Trujillo et al., 2025a: 245, f. 2A-F, 3A-F (mf)

References

Garrido-Trujillo, A., Díaz-Quirós, D., Añino, Y., Santos-Murgas, A. & Miranda, R. J. (2025a). First record of Anapis anchicaya Platnick & Shadab, 1978 (Araneae, Anapidae) from Panama. Entomological News 132(2): 244-252. doi: 10.3157/021.132.0214 -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. & Shadab, M. U. (1978b). A review of the spider genus Anapis (Araneae, Anapidae), with a dual cladistic analysis. American Museum Novitates 2663: 1-23. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Garrido-Trujillo et al., 2025a
2025-03-12	Species distribution update	Garrido-Trujillo et al., 2025a	Old value