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

Anyphaena leechi Platnick, 1977

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023687

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m - (García-García et al., 2026)
Paratype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 1f - (García-García et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Anyphaena leechi Platnick, 1977e: 207, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Anyphaena leechi García-García et al., 2026: 54, f. 43A-G, 44A-E (mf)

References

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. (1977e). New species and records of the Anyphaena celer group in Mexico (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Journal of Arachnology 4(3): 207-210. -- 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