Anapistula

Anapistula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Symphytognathidae
Genus:	Anapistula 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^[update] it contains thirty species, found in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, Asia, South America, and Portugal:[1]

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

See also

• List of Symphytognathidae species

References

1. "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.