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

Anyphaena tancitaro Platnick & Lau, 1975

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023717

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (23226) - (García-García et al., 2026)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1f (24982) - (García-García et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Anyphaena tancitaro Platnick & Lau, 1975: 25, f. 79-82 (Dmf) Original description

Anyphaena tancitaro García-García et al., 2026: 71, f. 59A-G, 60A-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. & Lau, A. (1975). A revision of the celer group of the spider genus Anyphaena (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) in Mexico and Central America. American Museum Novitates 2575: 1-36. -- 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