Anapistula Gertsch, 1941

Wang, Shuqiao, Lu, Ying, Li, Ya, Li, Shuqiang & Lin, Yucheng, 2022, Systematic notes on three troglobitic Anapistula (Araneae, Symphytognathidae) spiders from China, with the descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 1130, pp. 167-189 : 167

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1130.91467

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Anapistula Gertsch, 1941
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Genus Anapistula Gertsch, 1941 View in CoL View at ENA

Anapistula Gertsch, 1941: 2.

Type species.

Anapistula secreta Gertsch, 1941 by original designation, from the Bahamas.

Diagnosis.

Anapistula differs from other genera of Symphytognathidae by: the presence of four lateral eyes in diads (most common) or the eyes are reduced to indistinct spots or absent (median eyes present in A. boneti Forster, 1958: figs 15, 16); the chelicerae are fused near the base, with two promarginal teeth; the cephalic area is slightly raised (strongly raised in A. boneti ); a smooth carapace; and a sub-spherical abdomen without a colulus. Males are diagnosed by lacking clasping spines on tibia II, a cymbium without teeth or denticles but with long setae and apical lobes, a conductor, a short embolus (length less than ½ the diameter of the bulb), and a sperm duct coiled ca 1.5 times. Females are diagnosed by lacking palps, round spermathecae connected by a T- or Y-shaped epigynal median duct, and the absence of a scape and parmula (see Forster and Platnick 1977: fig. 19; Harvey 1998: figs 2, 4, 9, 14, 19; Dupérré and Tapia 2017: fig. 33; Rivera-Quiroz et al. 2021: figs 8d, 9c).

Composition in Asia.

Anapistula appendix (♀, China), A. choojaiae (♂♀, Thailand), A. ishikawai (♀, Japan), A. jerai (♂♀, Malaysia, Borneo, and Indonesia), A. orbisterna (♀, Vietnam), A. panensis (♂♀, China), A. sanjiao S. Li & Lin, sp. nov. (♂♀, China), A. walayaku S. Li & Lin, sp. nov. (♂♀, China), and A. zhengi (♂♀, China).

Distribution in Asia.

China (Hainan, Guizhou, and Yunnan), Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo and Indonesia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Symphytognathidae

Loc

Anapistula Gertsch, 1941

Wang, Shuqiao, Lu, Ying, Li, Ya, Li, Shuqiang & Lin, Yucheng 2022
2022
Loc

Anapistula

Gertsch 1941
1941