Anyphaenoides Explained

Anyphaenoides is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Lucien Berland in 1913.^[1] It is a senior synonym of "Quechuella"^[2]

Species

it contains twenty species from Central and South America:^[3]

• Anyphaenoides brescoviti Baert, 1995 – Peru
• Anyphaenoides caribensis Martínez, Brescovit & Martinez, 2018 – Colombia
• Anyphaenoides clavipes (Mello-Leitão, 1922) – Brazil, Argentina
• Anyphaenoides cocos Baert, 1995 – Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
• Anyphaenoides coddingtoni Brescovit, 1998 – Brazil, Bolivia
• Anyphaenoides enigmatica Martínez, Brescovit & Martinez, 2018 – Colombia
• Anyphaenoides foreroi Martínez, Brescovit & Martinez, 2018 – Colombia
• Anyphaenoides hilli Martínez, Brescovit & Martinez, 2018 – Colombia
• Anyphaenoides irusa Brescovit, 1992 – Venezuela, Suriname, Leeward Antilles
• Anyphaenoides katiae Baert, 1995 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Anyphaenoides locksae Brescovit & Ramos, 2003 – Brazil
• Anyphaenoides octodentata (Schmidt, 1971) – Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Galapagos Is.
• Anyphaenoides pacifica (Banks, 1902) – Trinidad to Chile, Galapagos Is.
• Anyphaenoides placens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Panama, Venezuela
• Anyphaenoides pluridentata Berland, 1913 – Ecuador
• Anyphaenoides samiria Brescovit, 1998 – Peru
• Anyphaenoides sialha Brescovit, 1992 – Peru
• Anyphaenoides sierraensis Martínez, Brescovit & Martinez, 2018 – Colombia
• Anyphaenoides volcan Brescovit, 1998 – Panama
• Anyphaenoides xiboreninho Brescovit, 1998 – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Book: Berland, L.. 1913. Araignées.
2. Brescovit. A. D.. 1992. Revisão das aranhas neotropicais do gênero Anyphaenoides Berland, 1913 (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 36. 742.
3. Web site: Gen. Anyphaenoides Berland, 1913. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-09. Natural History Museum Bern.