{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Anapistula appendix.png | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Anapistula | authority = [[Willis J. Gertsch|Gertsch]], 1941<ref name=wsc /> | type_species = ''[[Anapistula secreta|A. secreta]]'' | type_species_authority = Gertsch, 1941 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 34, [[#Species|see text]] | range_map = Anapistula range map.svg | range_map_caption = <span style="color:blue">blue</span>: reported countries ([[World Spider Catalog|WSC]]) }}
'''''Anapistula''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Symphytognathidae|dwarf orb-weavers]] that was first described by [[Willis J. Gertsch]] in 1941.<ref name=Gert1941 />
==Distribution== Spiders in this genus are mostly found in [[South America]], [[Africa]], and [[Asia]]. One species reaches north into the [[USA]], three species are [[endemic]] to [[Australia]], and two on the [[Iberian Peninsula]].<ref name=wsc />
==Species== {{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes 34 species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''[[Anapistula appendix]]'' <small>Tong & Li, 2006</small> – [[China]] * ''[[Anapistula aquytabuera]]'' <small>Rheims & Brescovit, 2003</small> – [[Brazil]] * ''[[Anapistula ataecina]]'' <small>Cardoso & Scharff, 2009</small> – [[Portugal]] * ''[[Anapistula australia]]'' <small>Forster, 1959</small> – [[Australia]] (Queensland) * ''[[Anapistula ayri]]'' <small>Rheims & Brescovit, 2003</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula barbara]]'' <small>Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2025</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula bebuia]]'' <small>Rheims & Brescovit, 2003</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula benoiti]]'' <small>Forster & [[Norman I. Platnick|Platnick]], 1977</small> – [[DR Congo]] * ''[[Anapistula bifurcata]]'' <small>[[Mark Harvey (arachnologist)|Harvey]], 1998</small> – Australia (Northern Territory) * ''[[Anapistula boneti]]'' <small>Forster, 1958</small> – [[Mexico]] * ''[[Anapistula caecula]]'' <small>Baert & [[:species:Rudy Jocqué|Jocqué]], 1993</small> – [[Ivory Coast]] * ''[[Anapistula choojaiae]]'' <small>Rivera-Quiroz, [[:species:Booppa Petcharad|Petcharad]] & Miller, 2021</small> – [[Thailand]] * ''[[Anapistula cuttacutta]]'' <small>Harvey, 1998</small> – Australia (Northern Territory) * ''[[Anapistula delrosalae]]'' <small>Pertegal & Barranco, 2025</small> – [[Spain]] * ''[[Anapistula equatoriana]]'' <small>Dupérré & Tapia, 2017</small> – [[Ecuador]] * ''[[Anapistula guyri]]'' <small>Rheims & Brescovit, 2003</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula ishikawai]]'' <small>Ono, 2002</small> – [[Japan]] * ''[[Anapistula jerai]]'' <small>Harvey, 1998</small> – [[Malaysia]] (Borneo), [[Indonesia]] (Borneo, Krakatau) * ''[[Anapistula martinae]]'' <small>Sherwood, Harvey, Fowler, Joshua, Stevens, Scipio-O’Dean & Ellick, 2024</small> – [[St. Helena]] * ''[[Anapistula minadopico]]'' <small>Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2025</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula orbisterna]]'' <small>Lin, Pham & Li, 2009</small> – [[Vietnam]] * ''[[Anapistula panensis]]'' <small>Lin, Tao & Li, 2013</small> – China * ''[[Anapistula pocaruguara]]'' <small>Rheims & Brescovit, 2003</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula sanjiao]]'' <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2022</small> – China * ''[[Anapistula secreta]]'' <small>[[Willis J. Gertsch|Gertsch]], 1941</small> – USA to Colombia, [[Bahamas]], [[Jamaica]], [[Galapagos]] * ''[[Anapistula serpentina]]'' <small>Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2025</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula seychellensis]]'' <small>Saaristo, 1996</small> – [[Seychelles]] * ''[[Anapistula tiputiana]]'' <small>Zamani & [[Yuri M. Marusik|Marusik]], 2024</small> – Ecuador * ''[[Anapistula tonga]]'' <small>Harvey, 1998</small> – [[Tonga]] * ''[[Anapistula troglobia]]'' <small>Harvey, 1998</small> – Australia (Western Australia) * ''[[Anapistula walayaku]]'' <small>S. Q. Li & Lin, 2022</small> – China * ''[[Anapistula ybyquyra]]'' <small>Rheims & Brescovit, 2003</small> – Brazil * ''[[Anapistula yungas]]'' <small>Rubio & González, 2010</small> – [[Argentina]] * ''[[Anapistula zhengi]]'' <small>Lin, Tao & Li, 2013</small> – China {{Div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03377 | title=Gen. Gertsch, 1941 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-25}}</ref> <ref name="Gert1941">{{cite journal| last=Gertsch| first=W. J.| year=1941| title=Report on some arachnids from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone| journal=American Museum Novitates| pages=1–14| issue=1146| author-link=Willis J. Gertsch}}</ref> </references>
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
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[[Category:Araneomorphae genera]] [[Category:Cosmopolitan spiders]] [[Category:Symphytognathidae]]
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