Aneplasa Explained

Aneplasa is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923,^[1] but might actually be a junior synonym of Nomisia.^[2]

Species

it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:^[3]

• Aneplasa balnearia Tucker, 1923 (type) – South Africa
• Aneplasa borlei Lessert, 1933 – Angola
• Aneplasa facies Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Aneplasa interrogationis Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Aneplasa nigra Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Aneplasa primaris Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Aneplasa sculpturata Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Aneplasa strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa

Notes and References

1. Tucker. R. W. E.. 1923. The Drassidae of South Africa.. Annals of the South African Museum. 251–437. 19.
2. Murphy. J.. 2007. Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. 34.
3. Gen. Aneplasa Tucker, 1923. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.