''Anopsicus'' is a

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of cellar spiders that was first described by

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in 1938.

Species

it contains sixty-four species, found in Central America,

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, and

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, with the exception of the "probably misplaced" ''A. banksi'' from the

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.: *'' A. alteriae'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. banksi'' (Gertsch, 1939) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) *'' A. beatus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. bispinosus'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. bolivari'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. boneti'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. bryantae'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. ceiba'' Gertsch, 1982 – Honduras *'' A. chiapa'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. chickeringi'' Gertsch, 1982 – Panama *'' A. chiriqui'' Gertsch, 1982 – Costa Rica, Panama *'' A. clarus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. concinnus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Costa Rica *'' A. covadonga'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. cubanus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Cuba *'' A. davisi'' (Gertsch, 1939) – Mexico *'' A. debora'' (Gertsch, 1977) – Mexico *'' A. definitus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Honduras *'' A. elliotti'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. evansi'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. exiguus'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. facetus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Costa Rica *'' A. grubbsi'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. gruta'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. hanakash'' ( Brignoli, 1974) – Guatemala *'' A. iviei'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. jarmila'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. jeanae'' (Gertsch, 1977) – Mexico *'' A. joyoa'' Gertsch, 1982 – Honduras *'' A. lewisi'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. limpidus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. lucidus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. malkini'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. mckenziei'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. mirabilis'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. mitchelli'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. modicus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. nebulosus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. niveus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. nortoni'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. ocote'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. palenque'' (Gertsch, 1977) – Mexico *'' A. panama'' Gertsch, 1982 – Panama *'' A. pearsei'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 (

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) – Mexico *'' A. pecki'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. placens'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico *'' A. potrero'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. puebla'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. pulcher'' (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba *'' A. quatoculus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica *'' A. quietus'' (Gertsch, 1973) – Guatemala *'' A. reddelli'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. silvai'' Gertsch, 1982 – Cuba *'' A. silvanus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Belize *'' A. soileauae'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. speophilus'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) – Mexico, Guatemala *'' A. tehuanus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. tico'' Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica *'' A. troglodyta'' (Gertsch, 1971) – Mexico *'' A. turrialba'' Gertsch, 1982 – Costa Rica *'' A. vinnulus'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. wileyae'' Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico *'' A. zeteki'' (Gertsch, 1939) – Panama *'' A. zimmermani'' Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica

References

Pholcidae genera Pholcidae Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of the Caribbean {{Pholcidae-stub

Species

See also

References