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Anapidae
Anapidae is a family of rather small spiders with 233 described extant species in 59 genera. It includes the former family Micropholcommatidae as the subfamily Micropholcommatinae, and the former family Holarchaeidae. Most species are less than long. They generally live in leaf litter and moss on the floor of rain forest. Many build orb webs with a diameter less than . In some species, such as '' Pseudanapis parocula'', the pedipalps of the female are reduced to coxal stumps. Description Spiders of this family are very small, usually less than two millimeters long, and lack a cribellum. They can have zero, six or eight eyes, the rear median eyes either reduced or missing. One species: 'Epigastrina typhlops' (Rix & Harvey, 2010) has no eyes, an adaption to life underground. In some genera the carapace is modified so that the eyes are raised higher than usual. Color can range from reddish brown, yellowish brown to pale, pigment reduced, creams. Generally both margins of chelice ...
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List Of Anapidae Species
This page lists all described genus, genera and species of the spider family Anapidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 235 species in 58 genera: A ''Acrobleps'' ''Acrobleps'' Hickman, 1979 * ''Acrobleps, Acrobleps hygrophilus'' Hickman, 1979 (Type species, type) — Australia (Tasmania) ''Algidiella'' ''Algidiella'' Rix & Harvey, 2010 * ''Algidiella, Algidiella aucklandica'' (Forster, 1955) (Type species, type) — New Zealand (Auckland Is.) ''Anapis'' ''Anapis'' Simon, 1895 * ''Anapis amazonas'' Platnick & Shadab, 1978 — Colombia * ''Anapis anabelleae'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2018 — Ecuador * ''Anapis anchicaya'' Platnick & Shadab, 1978 — Colombia * ''Anapis atuncela'' Platnick & Shadab, 1978 — Colombia * ''Anapis calima'' Platnick & Shadab, 1978 — Colombia * ''Anapis caluga'' Platnick & Shadab, 1978 — Peru * ''Anapis carmencita'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2018 — Ecuador * ''Anapis castilla'' Platnick & Shadab, 1978 — Peru, Brazil * ''Anapis chiriboga'' Platnick & Shada ...
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