''Anisacate'' is a genus of South American tangled nest spiders first described by

Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida. He was also involved with educ ...

in 1941.

Species

it contains four species: *'' Anisacate fragile'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina *'' Anisacate fuegianum'' (Simon, 1884) – Chile, Argentina **'' Anisacate f. bransfieldi'' (Usher, 1983) – Falkland Is. *'' Anisacate tigrinum'' (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina

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Amaurobiidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of South America Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão {{Amaurobiidae-stub