Anapidae

Taxobox


image_caption = female "Conculus lyugadinus" from Okinawa
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Araneoidea
familia = Anapidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1895
diversity_link = List of Anapidae species
diversity = 35 genera, 145 species
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The Anapidae are a family of rather small spiders with 145 described species in 35 genera. Most species are less than 2 mm longMurphy & Murphy 2000] .

In some species (such as "Pseudanapis parocula") the pedipalps of the female are reduced to coxal stumps.

Anapidae generally live in leaf litter and moss on the floor of rain forest. Many build orb webs with a diameter of less than 3 cm.

Distribution

Most genera inhabit New Zealand, Australia and Africa. However, several genera occur in Asia (Japan, China, Korea). Only "Comaroma simoni" and the three species of "Zangherella" are found in Europe; "Gertschanapis shantzi" and "Comaroma mendocino" live in the USA.Platnick 2008]

ystematics

Although the Micropholcommatidae were synonymized with this family by Schütt (2003), this move was not followed by most researchers.

Genera

* "Anapis" Simon, 1895 — Central to South America
* "Anapisona" Gertsch, 1941 — Central to South America
* "Caledanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Caledonia
* "Chasmocephalon" O. P-Cambridge, 1889 — Australia
* "Comaroma" Bertkau, 1889 — Europe, USA, China, Korea, Japan
* "Conculus" Komatsu, 1940 — New Guinea, Korea, Japan
* "Crassanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile, Argentina
* "Crozetulus" Hickman, 1939 — Africa
* "Dippenaaria" Wunderlich, 1995 — South Africa
* "Elanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
* "Enielkenie" Ono, 2007 — Taiwan
* "Forsteriola" Brignoli, 1981 — Africa
* "Gertschanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1990 — USA
* "Hickmanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Tasmania
* "Mandanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Caledonia
* "Maxanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
* "Metanapis" Brignoli, 1981 — Africa, Nepal
* "Minanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile, Argentina
* "Montanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Caledonia
* "Nortanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
* "Novanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Zealand
* "Octanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
* "Paranapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Zealand
* "Pecanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
* "Pseudanapis" Simon, 1905 — Central and South America, Africa, South Asia, New Guinea, Hong Kong
* "Queenslanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
* "Risdonius" Hickman, 1939 — Australia
* "Sheranapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
* "Sinanapis" Wunderlich & Song, 1995 — China
* "Sofanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Chile
* "Spinanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
* "Tasmanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Tasmania
* "Victanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — Australia
* "Zangherella" Caporiacco, 1949 — Mediterranean
* "Zealanapis" Platnick & Forster, 1989 — New Zealand

ee also

* List of Anapidae species
* Spider families

Footnotes

References

* (1999): On "Sofanapis antillanca" (Araneae, Anapidae) as a kleptoparasite of austrochiline spiders (Araneae, Austrochilidae). "Journal of Arachnology" 27(2): 547-549. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v27_n2/arac_27_02_0547.pdf PDF]
* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2003): Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae. "Zoologica Scripta" 32: 129–151.
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".