Anyphaena
| Anyphaena Temporal range:    | |
|---|---|
| Anyphaena sp. | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Anyphaenidae | 
| Genus: | Sundevall, 1833[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| A. accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)   | |
| Species | |
|   83, see text  | |
Anyphaena is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.[2]

They are yellow or brownish in coloration, with a concave carapace that narrows gradually towards the head.[3]
Species
As of March 2023 it contains eighty-five species in North America, Europe, Middle East and Southern and Eastern Asia:[1]
- A. accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Central Asia, Iran
 - 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. bispinosa Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
 - 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. encino Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
 - A. felipe Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
 - A. fraterna (Banks, 1896) – USA
 - A. furcatella Banks, 1914 – Costa Rica
 - A. furva Miller, 1967 – France, Germany, Czech Rep., 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 — China (Hainan)
 - A. hespar Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
 - A. inferens Chamberlin, 1925 – Costa Rica, Panama
 - A. judicata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – USA to Guatemala
 - A. kurilensis Peelle & Saito, 1932 – Russia (Kurile Is.)
 - A. lacka Platnick, 1974 – USA
 - A. leechi Platnick, 1977 – Mexico
 - A. maculata (Banks, 1896) – USA
 - A. marginalis (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico
 - A. modesta Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
 - A. mogan Song & Chen, 1987 – China
 - A. mollicoma Keyserling, 1879 – Colombia
 - A. morelia Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
 - A. nexuosa Chickering, 1940 – Panama
 - 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. pontica Weiss, 1988 – Romania, Turkey
 - A. pretiosa Banks, 1914 – Costa Rica
 - A. proba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
 - A. pugil Karsch, 1879 – Russia (Sakhalin, Kurile Is.), Korea, Japan
 - A. pusilla Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
 - A. quadricornuta Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
 - A. rhynchophysa Feng, Ma & Yang, 2012 – China
 - A. rita Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
 - A. sabina L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
 - A. salto Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
 - A. sceptile Lin & Li, 2021 — China (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. soricina Simon, 1889 – India
 - A. subgibba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Guatemala
 - 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. tibet Lin & Li, 2021 — China
 - A. trifida F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico, Guatemala
 - A. tuberosa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala
 - A. wanlessi Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
 - A. wuyi Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 – China, Taiwan
 - 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
- ^ a b "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.
 
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