Family: Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0036] Detail
In synonymy:
Nydia Thorell, 1890 = Anahita Karsch, 1879 (Simon, 1897a: 121)
Gen. Anahita Karsch, 1879 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01778] Detail
type Anahita fauna Karsch, 1879; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Nydia Thorell, 1890c: 133 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05608] (type N. punctata Thorell, 1890) by Simon, 1897a: 121.
Transferred to other genera:
Anahita embriki Caporiacco, 1949 -- see Ctenus
Anahita isaloensis Ono, 1993 -- see Vulsor
Anahita kiwuensis Strand, 1915 -- see Ctenus
Anahita nigritarsis Pavesi, 1897 -- see Ctenus
Anahita strandi Caporiacco, 1947 -- see Ctenus
In synonymy:
Anahita cambridgei Lessert, 1915 = Anahita mamma Karsch, 1884 (Benoit, 1977m: 373).
Anahita icterica Simon, 1909 = Anahita aculeata (Simon, 1897) (Benoit, 1977m: 371).
Anahita lurida Simon, 1897 = Anahita aculeata (Simon, 1897) (Benoit, 1977m: 371).
Anahita strandi Lessert, 1929 = Anahita aculeata (Simon, 1897) (Benoit, 1977m: 371).
Nomina dubia:
Anahita animosa (Walckenaer, 1837: 331, f, USA, originally in Lycosa) -- Peck, 1981: 157.
Anahita caporiaccoi Roewer, 1951: 447 (replacement name for A. multidentata Caporiacco, 1941b: 120, j, not mf, Ethiopia) -- Benoit, 1977m: 380.
Anahita debilis (Pavesi, 1895a: 523, m, Ethiopia, originally in Phoneutria) -- Benoit, 1977m: 379.
Anahita insularis Strand, 1907d: 738 (j, Madagascar) -- Benoit, 1977m: 380.
Anahita multidentata Schenkel, 1936b: 171 (j, China) -- Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 465.
Anahita unifasciata Simon, 1904c: 445 (m, Congo) -- Benoit, 1977m: 380.
Anahita aculeata (Simon, 1897) | m f | West, Central Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020422]
Ctenus aculeatus Simon, 1897b: 494 (Df).
Anahita lurida Simon, 1897b: 497 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055288].
Anahita icterica Simon, 1909f: 363 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055287].
Anahita strandi Lessert, 1929: 146, f. 25 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055289].
Ctenus aculeatus Hyatt, 1954: 892, f. 18 (f).
Anahita aculeata Benoit, 1977m: 371, f. 1A-D (mf, T from Ctenus, S of Anahita icterica, A. lurida and A. strandi).
Anahita aculeata Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 141, f. 21-25, 79 (mf).
Anahita aculeata Henrard & Jocqué, 2017a: 146, f. S5A-E (mf).
Anahita blandini Benoit, 1977 | m f | Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020423]
Anahita blandini Benoit, 1977o: 717, f. 2C-D (Dmf).
Anahita centralis Benoit, 1977 | m f | Central Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020424]
Anahita centralis Benoit, 1977o: 713, f. 1A-B (Dmf).
Anahita concrassata Benoit, 1977 | f | Burundi     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020425]
Anahita concrassata Benoit, 1977o: 714, f. 1C-D (Df).
Anahita concreata Benoit, 1977 | f | Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020426]
Anahita concreata Benoit, 1977o: 716, f. 1E-F (Df).
Anahita concussor Benoit, 1977 | m | Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020427]
Anahita concussor Benoit, 1977o: 717, f. 2A-B (Dm).
Anahita dangsa (Reddy & Patel, 1994) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020538]
Ctenus dangsus Reddy & Patel, 1994: 131, f. 1-5 (Df).
Anahita dangsa Jäger, 2022a: 187 (T from Ctenus).
Anahita denticulata (Simon, 1884) | m f | Myanmar, Indonesia (Simeulue)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020544]
Leptoctenus denticulatus Simon, 1884n: 355 (Df).
Ctenus denticulatus Thorell, 1895b: 216 (Dm).
Leptoctenus denticulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897c: 338, pl. 4, f. 4-6, 9 (mf).
Ctenus denticulatus Gravely, 1931: 231, f. 1A, 2A (mf).
Anahita denticulata Jäger, 2012e: 8, f. 11-13, 20 (Tmf from Ctenus).
Anahita faradjensis Lessert, 1929 | f | Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020428]
Anahita faradjensis Lessert, 1929: 149, f. 26 (Df).
Anahita faradjensis Benoit, 1977m: 373, f. 1E (f).
Anahita fauna Karsch, 1879 * | m f | Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020429]
Anahita fauna Karsch, 1879g: 99, pl. 1, f. 18 (Df).
Anahita fauna Simon, 1897a: 123, f. 114-115.
Anahita fauna Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 290, pl. 7, f. 86, pl. 13, f. 313-314 (f, Dm).
Anahita fauna Paik & Namkung, 1979: 87, f. 77.1-2 (mf).
Anahita fauna Song, 1987: 333, f. 287 (mf).
Anahita fauna Chikuni, 1989b: 132, f. 1 (mf).
Anahita fauna Feng, 1990: 174, f. 149.1-6 (mf).
Anahita fauna Chen & Zhang, 1991: 261, f. 274.1-3 (mf).
Anahita fauna Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 465, f. 267J, N (mf).
Anahita fauna Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 365, f. 239A-C (mf, misidentified per Jäger, 2012e: 12).
Anahita fauna Namkung, 2002: 408, f. 31.1a-b (mf).
Anahita fauna Kim & Cho, 2002: 188, f. 385-390 (mf).
Anahita fauna Namkung, 2003: 410, f. 31.1a-b (mf).
Anahita fauna Yoshida, 2009b: 467, f. 6-10 (mf).
Anahita fauna Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 412, f. 294A-D (mf).
Anahita fauna Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 141, f. 13.1-5 (mf).
Anahita fauna Yin et al., 2012: 934, f. 472a-e (mf).
Anahita fauna Jäger, 2012e: 9, f. 25-27 (f).
Anahita fauna Kim & Lee, 2018c: 40, f. 20A-D, pl. 8 (mf).
Anahita fauna Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 163, f. 119A-G (mf).
Anahita feae (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) | f | Myanmar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020566]
Ctenus obscurus Thorell, 1887: 295 (Df, preoccupied).
Ctenus feae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902b: 414 (replacement name).
Anahita feai Jäger, 2012e: 7, f. 5-7, 21-24 (Tf from Ctenus; N.B.: unjustified emendation, see ICZN Article 31.1.1).
Anahita jianfengensis Zhang, Hu & Han, 2011 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043938]
Anahita jianfengensis Zhang, Hu & Han, 2011: 85, f. 1-9 (Dmf).
Anahita jinsi Jäger, 2012 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045321]
Anahita jinsi Jäger, 2012e: 11, f. 28-38 (Dmf).
Anahita jinsi Li, Jin & Zhang, 2014: 149, f. 12-18 (mf).
Anahita jinsi Jin, 2018: 79, f. 12-1.A-C, pl. 17 (f).
Anahita jucunda (Thorell, 1897) | f | Myanmar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020602]
Ctenus jucundus Thorell, 1897b: 17 (Df).
Anahita jucunda Jäger, 2012e: 7, f. 8-10, 16-19 (Tf from Ctenus).
Anahita lineata Simon, 1897 | m f | Ivory Coast, Congo     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020431]
Anahita lineata Simon, 1897a: 121, f. 116-117 (m).
Anahita lineata Simon, 1897b: 497 (Dm).
Anahita lineata Benoit, 1977m: 377, f. 3D (m).
Anahita lineata Steyn, Van der Donckt & Jocqué, 2003: 143, f. 26-30, 80 (m, Df).
Anahita lycosina (Simon, 1897) | m f | West Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020432]
Ctenus lycosinus Simon, 1897b: 493 (Df).
Ctenus lycosinus Simon, 1909f: 360.
Ctenus lycosinus Hyatt, 1954: 892, f. 17 (f).
Leptoctenus lycosinus Lehtinen, 1967: 458, f. 413 (m [fig. only, no description], T from Ctenus).
Anahita lycosina Benoit, 1977m: 377, f. 3C (f, T from Ctenus/Leptoctenus).
Anahita mamma Karsch, 1884 | m f | West, Central, East Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020433]
Anahita mamma Karsch, 1884a: 62, f. 1 (Df).
Ctenus debilis Strand, 1908l: 43, pl. 2, f. 9 (f, misidentified).
Anahita debilis Lessert, 1915a: 45, pl. 2, f. 47 (f, misidentified).
Anahita cambridgei Lessert, 1915a: 47, pl. 2, f. 41-42 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055286].
Anahita mamma Benoit, 1977m: 373, f. 2A-E (mf, S of Anahita cambridgei ).
Anahita mamma Polotow & Brescovit, 2014: 345, f. 5E-F, 14B (mf).
Anahita maolan Zhu, Chen & Song, 1999 | m f | China, Taiwan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020434]
Anahita maolan Zhu, Chen & Song, 1999: 210, f. 1-5 (Dmf).
Anahita maolan Yin et al., 2012: 936, f. 473a-e (mf).
Anahita maolan Marusik & Omelko, 2016b: 156, f. 1-13, 32-34 (mf).
Anahita medog Li & Yao, 2022 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056875]
Anahita medog Li & Yao, in Chu et al., 2022c: 15, f. 10a-c, 11a-f, 14a (Dmf).
Anahita medog Wang et al., 2024d: 123, f. 3A-D, 4A-G (mf).
Anahita menglun Yao & Li, 2022 | m | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055552]
Anahita menglun Yao & Li, in Lu et al., 2022b: 3, f. 2a-c, 9a (Dm).
Anahita nathani Strand, 1907 | j | Bahama Is.     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020435]
Anahita sp. Banks, 1906a: 187 (j).
Anahita nathani Strand, 1907q: 693 (Dj).
Anahita pallida (L. Koch, 1875) | f | Egypt, Ethiopia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020436]
Ctenus pallidus L. Koch, 1875b: 84, pl. 7, f. 7 (Df).
Titurius pallidus Simon, 1884n: 329.
Thalassius pallidus Simon, 1898a: 298.
Anahita pallida Benoit, 1977m: 377, f. 3E-F (Tf from Thalassius=Nilus).
Ctenus pallidus Sierwald, 1987: 128 (T from Thalassius, incertae sedis).
Anahita periculosa (Bristowe, 1931) | m f | Indonesia (Krakatau)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020658]
Ctenus periculosus Bristowe, 1931c: 1395, f. 1-5 (Dmf).
Anahita periculosa Jäger, 2022a: 186, f. 858-859, 861-864 (mf, T from Ctenus).
Anahita popa Jäger & Minn, 2015 | m f | Myanmar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047897]
Anahita popa Jäger & Minn, 2015: 236, f. 1-6 (Df).
Anahita popa Chu et al., 2022c: 21, f. 12a-c, 13a-f, 14b (Dm, f).
Anahita punctata (Thorell, 1890) | j | Indonesia (Sumatra)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020437]
Nydia punctata Thorell, 1890c: 133 (Dj).
Anahita punctata Simon, 1897a: 121.
Anahita punctulata (Hentz, 1844) | m f | USA     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020438]
Ctenus punctulatus Hentz, 1844: 394, pl. 19, f. 5-6 (Df).
Arctosa animosa Simon, 1864: 346.
Anahita punctulata Simon, 1897a: 123.
Ctenus punctulatus Banks, 1898b: 277.
Ctenus punctulatus Bishop & Crosby, 1926: 184, pl. 23, f. 31-33 (f, Dm).
Anahita animosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 156.
Anahita punctulata Peck, 1981: 158, f. 1-4 (mf, removed from S of A. animosa).
Anahita punctulata Silva-Dávila, 2003: 56, f. 22a (f).
Anahita pygmaea Benoit, 1977 | m f | Ivory Coast     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020439]
Anahita pygmaea Benoit, 1977o: 719, f. 2E-F (Dmf).
Anahita samplexa Yin, Tang & Gong, 2000 | m f | China, Korea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037088]
Anahita fauna Paik, 1978e: 403, f. 182.1-5 (mf, misidentified).
Anahita fauna Hu, 1984: 306, f. 325.1-4 (mf, misidentified).
Anahita fauna Zhang, 1987: 201, f. 174.1-5 (mf, misidentified).
Anahita samplexa Yin, Tang & Gong, 2000: 94, f. 1-5 (Dmf).
Anahita samplexa Yin et al., 2012: 937, f. 474a-e (mf).
Anahita similis Caporiacco, 1947 | m f | Central, East Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020440]
Anahita similis Caporiacco, 1947c: 201, pl. 2, f. 46 (Df).
Anahita similis Benoit, 1977m: 376, f. 3A-B (f, Dm).
Anahita smythiesi (Simon, 1897) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020698]
Ctenus smythiesi Simon, 1897g: 260 (Df).
Ctenus smythiesi Tikader & Malhotra, 1981: 119, f. 10A-C (f).
Anahita smythiesi Jäger, 2012e: 6, f. 2-4, 14-15 (Tf from Ctenus).
Anahita syriaca (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | m f | Cyprus, Israel, Jordan     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020705]
Ctenus syriacus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 320 (Dj).
Ctenus syriacus Sierwald, 1987: 128 (incertae sedis).
Anahita syriaca Levy, 2003: 11, f. 16-22 (Tj from Ctenus, Dmf).
Anahita syriaca Bosmans et al., 2019b: 10, f. 2a-f (m).
Anahita tuniensis (Patel & Reddy, 1988) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020716]
Ctenus tuniensis Patel & Reddy, 1988: 103, f. 1a-e (Df).
Anahita tuniensis Jäger, 2022a: 187 (T from Ctenus).
Anahita wuyiensis Li, Jin & Zhang, 2014 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047079]
Anahita wuyiensis Li, Jin & Zhang, 2014: 145, f. 1-11 (Dmf).
Anahita zoroides Schmidt & Krause, 1994 | m | Comoros     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:020441]
Anahita zoroides Schmidt & Krause, 1994d: 236, f. 2-3 (Dm).
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