Anapidae Simon, 1895

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: relimited by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 2; considered a senior synonym of Symphytognathidae and Mysmenidae by Wunderlich, 1986, but rejected by Wunderlich, 2011: 512; considered a senior synonym of Micropholcommatidae by Schütt, 2003: 133 and Lopardo, Giribet & Hormiga, 2011: 316, re-elevation to family level by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); considered a senior synonym of Holarchaeidae [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0108] by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 240 (confirmed by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 342 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52); the family name "Hawkeswoodidae", proposed by Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011d: 1, is a nomen nudum that does not refer to a generic name (Jiménez, Platnick & Dupérré, 2011: 17; see Pseudanapis); the family status of the Comaromidae Wunderlich, 2004h: 1034 (described as subfamily and elevated to family by Wunderlich, 2011: 512, confirmed by Wunderlich, 2023: 22, Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 341 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52) is not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list five valid subfamilies (Comaromidae and Micropholcommatidae as seperate, see above): Anapinae, Gigiellinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 97, Holarchaeinae, Taphiassinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 79 and Teutoniellinae Rix & Harvey, 2010a [no page found where this taxon is described, always named 'Teutoniellids'].
Gen. Acrobleps Hickman, 1979 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00787
type Acrobleps hygrophilus Hickman, 1979; gender masculine
N.B.: described in the Anapidae, transferred to the Mysmenidae by Platnick & Forster, 1989: 76 and back to the Anapidae by Lopardo & Hormiga, 2008: 22.
Acrobleps hygrophilus Hickman, 1979 | | Australia (Tasmania) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009190 TYPE SPECIES
Acrobleps hygrophilus Hickman, 1979: 69, f. 29-33 (Dmf) Original description
Acrobleps hygrophilus Lopardo & Hormiga, 2008: 22, f. 10A-F, 11A-H, 12A-F, 13A-H, 14A-F, 15A-D, 16A-E, 17A-H, 18A-D, 19A-F, 20A-C, 21A-F, 22A-D (mf)
Acrobleps hygrophilus Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015: 727, f. 69A-F, 70A-F, 71A-H, 136A (mf)

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