Anyphaena

Anyphaena; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Anyphaena sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anyphaenidae
Genus:	Anyphaena; Sundevall, 1833
Type species
	A. accentuata; (Walckenaer, 1802)
Species
	111, see text

Anyphaena is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.

They are yellow or brownish in coloration, with a concave carapace that narrows gradually towards the head.

Species

As of October 2026^[update] it contains 111 species in North America, Europe, Middle East and Southern and Eastern Asia:

A. accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Central Asia, Iran
A. adnani Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. alachua Platnick, 1974 – USA
A. alamos Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. alboirrorata Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, France
A. andina Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
A. aperta (Banks, 1921) – USA, Canada
A. arbida Platnick, 1974 – USA
A. autumna Platnick, 1974 – USA
A. ayshides Yaginuma, 1958 – Japan
A. bermudensis Sierwald, 1988 – Bermuda
A. bifurcata Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. bispinosa Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
A. brescoviti García-García, 2026 – Mexico
A. bromelicola Platnick, 1977 – Mexico
A. bryantae Roewer, 1951 – Cuba
A. californica (Banks, 1904) – USA
A. catalina Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
A. celer (Hentz, 1847) – USA, Canada
A. cielo Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. cochise Platnick, 1974 – USA
A. cortes Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. crebrispina Chamberlin, 1919 – USA
A. cumbre Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. darlingtoni Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
A. decora Bryant, 1942 – Puerto Rico
A. diversa Bryant, 1936 – Cuba
A. dixiana (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) – USA
A. dominicana Roewer, 1951 – Hispaniola
A. dulceae Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. encino Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. epicardia Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. estriada García-García, 2026 – Mexico
A. felipe Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. fernandae Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. franciscoi Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. fraterna (Banks, 1896) – USA
A. furcatella Banks, 1914 – Costa Rica
A. furva Miller, 1967 – France, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia
A. gertschi Platnick, 1974 – USA
A. gibba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
A. gibboides Platnick, 1974 – USA
A. gibbosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
A. grovyle Lin & Li, 2021 — Hainan
A. hespar Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
A. ibarrai Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. inferens Chamberlin, 1925 – Costa Rica, Panama
A. jimenzae Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. judicata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – USA to Guatemala
A. kurilensis Peelle & Saito, 1932 – Kuril Islands
A. lacka Platnick, 1974 – USA
A. leechi Platnick, 1977 – Mexico
A. leidashi Yao & Liu, 2024 – China
A. maculata (Banks, 1896) – USA
A. marginalis (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico
A. martinezae García-García, 2026 – Mexico
A. mateoi García-García, 2026 – Mexico
A. megamedia Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. miniducta Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. modesta Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
A. mogan Song & Chen, 1987 – China
A. monserratae García-García, 2026 – Mexico
A. morelia Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. natachae Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. nexuosa Chickering, 1940 – Panama
A. noctua Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. numida Simon, 1897 – Algeria, Portugal, Spain, France, Britain
A. obregon Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. otinapa Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. pacifica (Banks, 1896) – USA, Canada
A. pectorosa L. Koch, 1866 – USA, Canada
A. plana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Panama
A. platnicki García-García, 2026 – Cuba
A. pontica Weiss, 1988 – Romania, Turkey
A. porta Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. pretiosa Banks, 1914 – Costa Rica
A. proba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
A. pugil Karsch, 1879 – Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, Korea, Japan
A. pusilla Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
A. quadrata Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. quadricornuta Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
A. rebecae Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. reynae García-García, 2026 – Mexico
A. rita Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
A. sabina L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
A. salgueiroi Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. salto Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. sceptile Lin & Li, 2021 — Hainan
A. scopulata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala
A. shenzhen Lin & Li, 2021 — China
A. simoni Becker, 1878 – Mexico
A. simplex O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – Mexico, Costa Rica
A. sofiae Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. soricina Simon, 1889 – India
A. stigma Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. subgibba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Guatemala
A. sundevalli García-García, 2026 – Mexico
A. syriaca Kulczyński, 1911 – Lebanon, Israel
A. taiwanensis Chen & Huang, 2011 – Taiwan
A. tancitaro Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. tehuacan Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. tonoi Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. triangularis Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. tibet Lin & Li, 2021 — China
A. treecko Lin & Li, 2021 — Hainan
A. trifida F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico, Guatemala
A. tuberosa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala
A. urieli Rivera-Quiroz & Álvarez-Padilla, 2023 – Mexico
A. wanlessi Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. xochimilco Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
A. yoshitakei Baba & Tanikawa, 2017 – Japan
A. zorynae Durán-Barrón, Pérez & Brescovit, 2016 – Mexico
A. zuyelenae Durán-Barrón, Pérez & Brescovit, 2016 – Mexico

References

1 2 "Gen. Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
↑ Sundevall, C. J. (1833). Conspectus Arachnidum.
↑ Chen, Shyh-hwang; Huang, Wen-Jean (May 2012). The Spider Fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan Normal University. p. 32. ISBN 9789577526687.

External links

[NMBE2-1] 1 2 "Gen. Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2023-03-11.

[Sund1833-2] Sundevall, C. J. (1833). Conspectus Arachnidum.

[spider_fauna-3] Chen, Shyh-hwang; Huang, Wen-Jean (May 2012). The Spider Fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan Normal University. p. 32. ISBN 9789577526687.

Anyphaena Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Anyphaena sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anyphaenidae
Genus:	Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833
Type species
A. accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)
Species
111, see text