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Genus: Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 | Family: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878

Anyphaena dixiana (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023671

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f - (García-García et al., 2026)
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m of Anyphaena coloradensis - (García-García et al., 2026)
Allotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f of Anyphaena coloradensis - (García-García et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Gayenna dixiana Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929: 138, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [text of pl. 2 belongs to pl. 1] Original description

Anyphaena coloradensis Bryant, 1931: 112, pl. 6, f. 9-10, pl. 8, f. 30, 33 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058584]

Gayenna dixima Roewer, 1955c: 540 (lapsus)

Anyphaena dixiana Platnick, 1974: 221, f. 4, 23-25 (mf, T from Gayenna, S of Anyphaena coloradensis)

Anyphaena dixiana García-García et al., 2026: 39, f. 28A-G, 29A-E (mf)

References

Bryant, E. B. (1931). Note on the North American Anyphaeninae in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Psyche 38(2-3): 102-126. doi: 10.1155/1931/13898 -- Show included taxa

Chamberlin, R. V. & Woodbury, A. M. (1929). Notes on the spiders of Washington County, Utah. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 42: 131-141, pl. 1-2. [[text of pl. 1 belongs to pl. 2 and vice versa]] -- Show included taxa

García-García, M. Á., Ibarra-Núñez, G., Sánchez-García, J. A. & Jiménez, M. L. (2026). Taxonomic review of the North American species of the accentuata and celer groups of the genus Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae), with description of eight new species. Zootaxa 5788(1): 1-106. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5788.1.1 [[Zoobank: DB5F9F7E-23F0-4E71-811A-A4EB76B84337]] -- Show included taxa

Platnick, N. I. (1974). The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 146(4): 205-266. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- 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
2026-04-09	New taxonomic reference entry	García-García et al., 2026
2026-04-09	Species distribution update	García-García et al., 2026	Old value