Family: ANYPHAENIDAE Bertkau, 1878
ghost spiders
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CLUBIONIDAE LIOCRANIDAE MITURGIDAE
Family Name Authority
Bertkau, P. 1878. Versuch einer naturlichen Anordnung der Spinnen, nebst Bemerkungenzueinzelnen Gattungen. Arch. Naturg. 44: 351-410.
Diagnosis
(Not yet recorded or unknown)
Characters
- Body Size: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Colour: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Carapace: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Eyes: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Chelicerae: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Legs: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Abdomen: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
- Spinnerets: (Not yet recorded or unknown)
Distribution
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Natural History
Feeding Guild:† foliage runners
(General natural history not yet recorded or unknown)
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness
Number of Nearctic Species: 39 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)
Nearctic/Palearctic Genera
| # | Genus | Ref. | Common Name |
| 1 | Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833 |  |
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| 2 | Arachosia O.P.-Cambridge, 1882 | |
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| 3 | Hibana Brescovit, 1991 | |
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| 4 | Lupettiana Brescovit, 1997 | |
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| 5 | Pippuhana Brescovit, 1997 | |
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| 6 | Wulfila O. P.-Cambridge, 1895 | |
Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images
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Additional Taxonomic and Natural History References
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