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Anyphaenidae
Anyphaenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders, sometimes called anyphaenid sac spiders or ghost spiders. They are distinguished from the sac spiders of the family Clubionidae and other spiders by having the abdominal spiracle placed one third to one half of the way anterior to the spinnerets toward the epigastric furrow on the underside of the abdomen. In most spiders the spiracle is just anterior to the spinnerets. Like clubionids, anyphaenids have conical anterior spinnerets and are wandering predators that build silken retreats, or sacs, usually on plant terminals, between leaves, under bark or under rocks. There are more than 600 species in over 50 genera worldwide. The family is widespread and includes such common genera as '' Anyphaena'' (worldwide except tropical Africa and Asia) and ''Hibana'' (New World). Only one species ('' A. accentuata'') occurs in northwestern Europe. Species in the latter genus are important predators in several agricultural Agric ...
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List Of Anyphaenidae Species
This page lists all described genus, genera and species of the spider family Anyphaenidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 685 species in 56 genera: A ''Acanthoceto'' ''Acanthoceto'' Mello-Leitão, 1944 * ''Acanthoceto acupicta'' (Nicolet, 1849) (Type species, type) — Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil * ''Acanthoceto cinerea'' (Tullgren, 1901) — Chile, Argentina * ''Acanthoceto ladormida'' Ramírez, 1997 — Chile * ''Acanthoceto marina'' Ramírez, 1997 — Chile * ''Acanthoceto pichi'' Ramírez, 1997 — Chile, Argentina * ''Acanthoceto riogrande'' Ramírez, 1997 — Brazil, Argentina * ''Acanthoceto septentrionalis'' (Berland, 1913) — Colombia, Ecuador ''Aljassa'' ''Aljassa'' Brescovit, 1997 * ''Aljassa annulipes'' (Caporiacco, 1955) (Type species, type) — Venezuela * ''Aljassa notata'' (Keyserling, 1881) — Peru * ''Aljassa poicila'' (Chamberlin, 1916) — Peru * ''Aljassa subpallida'' (L. Koch, 1866) — Colombia * ''Aljassa venezuelica'' (Caporiacco, 1955) — Ve ...
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