Anapistula

Anapistula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Symphytognathidae
Genus:
Gertsch, 1941[1]
Type species
A. secreta
Gertsch, 1941
Species

30, see text

Anapistula is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker in 1941.[2]

Species

As of November 2024 it contains thirty species, found in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, Asia, South America, and Portugal:[1]

  • Anapistula appendix Tong & Li, 2006China
  • Anapistula aquytabuera Rheims & Brescovit, 2003Brazil
  • Anapistula ataecina Cardoso & Scharff, 2009Portugal
  • Anapistula australia Forster, 1959Australia (Queensland)
  • Anapistula ayri Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
  • Anapistula bebuia Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
  • Anapistula benoiti Forster & Platnick, 1977Congo
  • Anapistula bifurcata Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Northern Territory)
  • Anapistula boneti Forster, 1958Mexico
  • Anapistula caecula Baert & Jocqué, 1993Ivory Coast
  • Anapistula choojaiae Rivera-Quiroz, Petcharad & Miller, 2021Thailand
  • Anapistula cuttacutta Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Northern Territory)
  • Anapistula equatoriana Dupérré & Tapia, 2017Ecuador
  • Anapistula guyri Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
  • Anapistula ishikawai Ono, 2002Japan
  • Anapistula jerai Harvey, 1998Malaysia, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Krakatau), Borneo
  • Anapistula martinae Sherwood, Harvey, Fowler, Joshua, Stevens, Scipio-O’Dean & Ellick, 2024St. Helena
  • Anapistula orbisterna Lin, Pham & Li, 2009Vietnam
  • Anapistula panensis Lin, Tao & Li, 2013 – China
  • Anapistula pocaruguara Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
  • Anapistula sanjiao S. Q. Li & Lin, 2022 – China
  • Anapistula secreta Gertsch, 1941 (type) – USA to Colombia, Bahama Is., Jamaica
  • Anapistula seychellensis Saaristo, 1996Seychelles
  • Anapistula tiputiana Zamani & Marusik, 2024 – Ecuador
  • Anapistula tonga Harvey, 1998Tonga
  • Anapistula troglobia Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Anapistula walayaku S. Q. Li & Lin, 2022 – China
  • Anapistula ybyquyra Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
  • Anapistula yungas Rubio & González, 2010Argentina
  • Anapistula zhengi Lin, Tao & Li, 2013 – China

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Anapistula Gertsch, 1941". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Gertsch, W. J. (1941). "Report on some arachnids from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone". American Museum Novitates (1146): 1–14.