Anyphaena Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Anyphaena sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anyphaenidae
Genus:	Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833[1]
Type species
A. accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802)
Species
83, see text

Anyphaena is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.^[2]

They are yellow or brownish in coloration, with a concave carapace that narrows gradually towards the head.^[3]

As of March 2023^[update] it contains eighty-five species in North America, Europe, Middle East and Southern and Eastern Asia:^[1]

• A. accentuata (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Central Asia, Iran
• A. alachua Platnick, 1974 – USA
• A. alamos Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. alboirrorata Simon, 1878 – Portugal, Spain, France
• A. andina Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru
• A. aperta (Banks, 1921) – USA, Canada
• A. arbida Platnick, 1974 – USA
• A. autumna Platnick, 1974 – USA
• A. ayshides Yaginuma, 1958 – Japan
• A. bermudensis Sierwald, 1988 – Bermuda
• A. bispinosa Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
• A. bromelicola Platnick, 1977 – Mexico
• A. bryantae Roewer, 1951 – Cuba
• A. californica (Banks, 1904) – USA
• A. catalina Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
• A. celer (Hentz, 1847) – USA, Canada
• A. cielo Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. cochise Platnick, 1974 – USA
• A. cortes Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. crebrispina Chamberlin, 1919 – USA
• A. cumbre Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. darlingtoni Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
• A. decora Bryant, 1942 – Puerto Rico
• A. diversa Bryant, 1936 – Cuba
• A. dixiana (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) – USA
• A. dominicana Roewer, 1951 – Hispaniola
• A. encino Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. felipe Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. fraterna (Banks, 1896) – USA
• A. furcatella Banks, 1914 – Costa Rica
• A. furva Miller, 1967 – France, Germany, Czech Rep., Slovakia
• A. gertschi Platnick, 1974 – USA
• A. gibba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
• A. gibboides Platnick, 1974 – USA
• A. gibbosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
• A. grovyle Lin & Li, 2021 — China (Hainan)
• A. hespar Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
• A. inferens Chamberlin, 1925 – Costa Rica, Panama
• A. judicata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – USA to Guatemala
• A. kurilensis Peelle & Saito, 1932 – Russia (Kurile Is.)
• A. lacka Platnick, 1974 – USA
• A. leechi Platnick, 1977 – Mexico
• A. maculata (Banks, 1896) – USA
• A. marginalis (Banks, 1901) – USA, Mexico
• A. modesta Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
• A. mogan Song & Chen, 1987 – China
• A. mollicoma Keyserling, 1879 – Colombia
• A. morelia Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. nexuosa Chickering, 1940 – Panama
• A. numida Simon, 1897 – Algeria, Portugal, Spain, France, Britain
• A. obregon Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. otinapa Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. pacifica (Banks, 1896) – USA, Canada
• A. pectorosa L. Koch, 1866 – USA, Canada
• A. plana F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Panama
• A. pontica Weiss, 1988 – Romania, Turkey
• A. pretiosa Banks, 1914 – Costa Rica
• A. proba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Mexico
• A. pugil Karsch, 1879 – Russia (Sakhalin, Kurile Is.), Korea, Japan
• A. pusilla Bryant, 1948 – Hispaniola
• A. quadricornuta Kraus, 1955 – El Salvador
• A. rhynchophysa Feng, Ma & Yang, 2012 – China
• A. rita Platnick, 1974 – USA, Mexico
• A. sabina L. Koch, 1866 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
• A. salto Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. sceptile Lin & Li, 2021 — China (Hainan)
• A. scopulata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala
• A. shenzhen Lin & Li, 2021 — China
• A. simoni Becker, 1878 – Mexico
• A. simplex O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – Mexico, Costa Rica
• A. soricina Simon, 1889 – India
• A. subgibba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Guatemala
• A. syriaca Kulczyński, 1911 – Lebanon, Israel
• A. taiwanensis Chen & Huang, 2011 – Taiwan
• A. tancitaro Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. tehuacan Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. tibet Lin & Li, 2021 — China
• A. treecko Lin & Li, 2021 — China (Hainan)
• A. trifida F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Mexico, Guatemala
• A. tuberosa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 – Guatemala
• A. wanlessi Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. wuyi Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2005 – China, Taiwan
• A. xochimilco Platnick & Lau, 1975 – Mexico
• A. yoshitakei Baba & Tanikawa, 2017 – Japan
• A. zorynae Durán-Barrón, Pérez & Brescovit, 2016 – Mexico
• A. zuyelenae Durán-Barrón, Pérez & Brescovit, 2016 – Mexico

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