The World Spider Catalog
by Norman I. Platnick

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Title Page Introduction Families Bibliography

FAM. SYMPHYTOGNATHIDAE Hickman, 1931

N.B.: for a diagnosis, see Forster & Platnick, 1977; considered a junior synonym of Anapidae by Wunderlich (1986); see note under Jacksonella sexoculata (Linyphiidae).

Transferred to other families:
Anapis Simon, 1895 -- see Anapidae.
Anapisona Gertsch, 1941 -- see Anapidae.
Cepheia Simon, 1894 -- see Mysmenidae.
Chasmocephalon O. P.-Cambridge, 1889 -- see Anapidae.
Conculus Komatsu, 1940 -- see Anapidae.
Crozetulus Hickman, 1939 -- see Anapidae.
Epecthina Simon, 1895 -- see Anapis under Anapidae.
Epecthinula Simon, 1903 -- see Anapis under Anapidae.
Gossiblemma Roewer, 1963 -- see Pseudanapis under Anapidae.
Iardinis Simon, 1899 -- see Mysmenidae.
Leviola Miller, 1970 -- see Mysmenidae.
Lucarachne Bryant, 1940 -- see Mysmenopsis under Mysmenidae.
Maymena Gertsch, 1960 -- see Mysmenidae.
Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 -- see Micropholcommatidae.
Mysmena Simon, 1894 -- see Mysmenidae.
Mysmenopsis Simon, 1897 -- see Mysmenidae.
Parapua Forster, 1959 -- see Micropholcommatidae.
Phricotelus Simon, 1895 -- see Mysmenidae.
Pseudanapis Simon, 1905 -- see Anapidae.
Pua Forster, 1959 -- see Micropholcommatidae.
Risdonius Hickman, 1939 -- see Anapidae.
Synaphris Simon, 1894 -- see Mysmenidae.
Taphiassa Simon, 1880 -- see Mysmenidae.
Textricella Hickman, 1945 -- see Micropholcommatidae.
Trogloneta Simon, 1922 -- see Mysmenidae.
Zangherella Caporiacco, 1949 -- see Anapidae.

Gen. Anapistula Gertsch, 1941

A. Gertsch, 1941a: 2, type A. secreta Gertsch, 1941.

f australia Forster, 1959....................Queensland
A. a. Forster, 1959: 321, f. 128-132, 158 (Df).
A. a. Davies, 1988b: 326, f. 45B (f).
A. a. Harvey, 1998: 113, f. 2 (f).

f benoiti Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Congo
A. b. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 24, f. 74 (Df).

mf bifurcata Harvey, 1998....................Northern Territory
A. b. Harvey, 1998: 115, f. 6-9 (Dmf).

m boneti Forster, 1958....................Mexico
A. b. Forster, 1958: 13, f. 15-16, 18-19, 21 (Dm).
Iardinus b. Gertsch, 1960a: 9 (Tm from Anapistula).
A. b. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 24, f. 62 (Tm from Iardinis).
A. b. Harvey, 1998: 112, f. 20-21 (m).

f caecula Baert & Jocqué, 1993....................Ivory Coast
A. c. Baert & Jocqué, 1993: 187, f. 1-3 (Df).

m cuttacutta Harvey, 1998....................Northern Territory
A. c. Harvey, 1998: 116, f. 10-11 (Dm).

mf jerai Harvey, 1998....................Malaysia, Borneo, Kalimantan, Krakatau
A. j. Harvey, 1998: 117, f. 12-14 (Dmf).

mf secreta Gertsch, 1941 *....................USA to Colombia, Bahama Is., Jamaica
A. s. Gertsch, 1941a: 2, f. 14-17 (Df).
A. s. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 22, f. 19, 57-61 (f, Dm).
A. s. Heimer, 1990: 113, f. 10 (f).
A. s. Harvey, 1998: 112, f. 1 (m).

f seychellensis Saaristo, 1996....................Seychelles
A. s. Saaristo, 1996c: 53, f. 1-4 (Df).

mf tonga Harvey, 1998....................Tonga
A. t. Harvey, 1998: 118, f. 15-19 (Dmf).

f troglobia Harvey, 1998....................Western Australia
A. t. Harvey, 1998: 114, f. 3-5 (Df).

Gen. Anapogonia Simon, 1905

N.B.: tentatively placed here (rather than in the Anapidae) by Platnick & Forster, 1989: 76.

Transferred to other genera:
A. burra (Forster, 1959) -- see Maxanapis under Anapidae.
A. crassifemoralis (Wunderlich, 1976) -- see Maxanapis under Anapidae.
A. darlingtoni (Forster, 1959) -- see Spinapis under Anapidae.
A. insolita (Berland, 1924) -- see Caledanapis under Anapidae.
A. pilupilu Brignoli, 1981 -- see Caledanapis under Anapidae.

f lyrata Simon, 1905 *....................Java
A. l. Simon, 1905c: 64 (Df).

Gen. Curimagua Forster & Platnick, 1977

C. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 24, type C. chapmani Forster & Platnick, 1977.

mf bayano Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Panama
C. b. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 25, f. 21, 69-71 (Dmf).

mf chapmani Forster & Platnick, 1977 *....................Venezuela
C. c. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 25, f. 20, 22, 40, 63-68 (Dmf).

Gen. Globignatha Balogh & Loksa, 1968

G. n. subg. (of Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931) Balogh & Loksa, 1968: 289, type Symphytognatha rohri Balogh & Loksa, 1968; elevated to genus by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 14.

f rohri (Balogh & Loksa, 1968) *....................Brazil
Symphytognatha rohri Balogh & Loksa, 1968: 290, f. 7-10 (Df).
G. r. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 15 (Tf from Symphytognatha).

f sedgwicki Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Belize
G. s. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 15, f. 41-44 (Df).

Gen. Patu Marples, 1951

P. Marples, 1951: 47, type P. vitiensis Marples, 1951.

mf digua Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Colombia
P. d. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 20, f. 17, 53-55 (Dmf).
P. d. Griswold et al., 1998: 62, f. 11C-D, 12D (m).

mf eberhardi Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Colombia
P. e. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 17, f. 16, 49-52 (Dmf).

m marplesi Forster, 1959....................Samoa
P. m. Forster, 1959: 320, f. 124-127 (Dm).

f saladito Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Colombia
P. s. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 20, f. 18, 56 (Df).

mf samoensis Marples, 1951....................Samoa
P. s. Marples, 1951: 49, f. 2a-f (Df).
P. s. Marples, 1955a: 475, pl. 56, f. 19 (Dm).
P. s. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 17, f. 48 (m).

mf silho Saaristo, 1996....................Seychelles
P. s. Saaristo, 1996c: 55, f. 5-9 (Dmf).

mf vitiensis Marples, 1951 *....................Fiji
P. v. Marples, 1951: 47, f. 1a-f (Dmf).
P. v. Forster, 1959: 326, f. 146.
P. v. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 17, f. 45-47 (m).

mf woodwardi Forster, 1959....................New Guinea
P. w. Forster, 1959: 318, f. 118-123 (Dmf).
P. w. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 17, f. 72.

Gen. Symphytognatha Hickman, 1931

N.B.: subgenus Globignatha Balogh & Loksa elevated to genus by Forster & Platnick, 1977: 14.

Transferred to other genera:
S. rohri Balogh & Loksa, 1968 -- see Globignatha.

mf blesti Forster & Platnick, 1977....................New South Wales
S. b. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 7, f. 13, 23-29 (Dmf).

f brasiliana Balogh & Loksa, 1968....................Brazil
S. b. Balogh & Loksa, 1968: 287, f. 1-6 (Df).

m chickeringi Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Jamaica
S. c. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 13, f. 35-39 (Dm).

f gertschi Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Mexico
S. g. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 11, f. 73 (Df).

mf globosa Hickman, 1931 *....................Tasmania
S. g. Hickman, 1931: 1322, f. 1-6, pl. 1, f. 1-3 (Dmf).
S. g. Forster, 1959: 326, f. 144.
S. g. Wunderlich, 1976b: 121, f. 31-36 (m, probably a misidentification of S. blesti).
S. g. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 7, f. 2-12, 30 (mf).

f goodnightorum Forster & Platnick, 1977....................Belize
S. g. Forster & Platnick, 1977: 9, f. 14, 31-34 (Df).

f imbulunga Griswold, 1987....................South Africa
S. i. Griswold, 1987c: 134, f. 1-6 (Df).

m orghidani Georgescu, 1988....................Cuba
S. o. Georgescu, 1988: 17, f. 1-7 (Dm).

mf picta Harvey, 1992....................Western Australia
S. p. Harvey, 1992: 685, f. 1-6 (Dmf).

f ulur Platnick, 1979....................New Guinea
S. u. Platnick, 1979b: 337, f. 1-3 (Df).