Pseudanapis Explained

Pseudanapis is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1905.^[1] It is a senior synonym of "Gossiblemma"^[2] and "Amrishoonops".^[3]

Species

it contains twelve species:^[4]

• Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959 – Japan, Hawaii, Caroline Is., Australia (Queensland). Introduced to Britain, Germany
• Pseudanapis amrishi (Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011) – Suriname
• Pseudanapis benoiti Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Congo
• Pseudanapis domingo Platnick & Shadab, 1979 – Ecuador
• Pseudanapis gertschi (Forster, 1958) – Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
• Pseudanapis hoeferi Kropf, 1995 – Brazil
• Pseudanapis namkhan Lin, Li & Jäger, 2013 – Laos
• Pseudanapis parocula (Simon, 1899) – Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java)
• Pseudanapis plumbea Forster, 1974 – Congo
• Pseudanapis schauenbergi Brignoli, 1981 – Mauritius, Réunion
• Pseudanapis serica Brignoli, 1981 – China (Hong Kong)
• Pseudanapis wilsoni Forster, 1959 – New Guinea

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1905. Arachnides de Java, recueillis par le Prof. K. Kraepelin en 1904.. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. 49–73. 22.
2. Shear. W. A.. 1978. Taxonomic notes on the armored spiders of the families Tetrablemmidae and Pacullidae. American Museum Novitates. 2650. 8.
3. Jiménez. M. L.. Platnick. N. I.. Dupérré. N.. 2011. The haplogyne spider genus Nopsides (Araneae, Caponiidae), with notes on Amrishoonops. American Museum Novitates. 3708. 18.
4. Web site: Gen. Pseudanapis Simon, 1905. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-09. Natural History Museum Bern.