# Anapistula

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Genus of spiders

Anapistula Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Symphytognathidae Genus: Anapistula Gertsch, 1941[1] Type species A. secreta Gertsch, 1941 Species 34, see text blue: reported countries (WSC)

***Anapistula*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [dwarf orb-weavers](/source/Symphytognathidae) that was first described by [Willis J. Gertsch](/source/Willis_J._Gertsch) in 1941.[2]

## Distribution

Spiders in this genus are mostly found in [South America](/source/South_America), [Africa](/source/Africa), and [Asia](/source/Asia). One species reaches north into the [USA](/source/USA), three species are [endemic](/source/Endemic) to [Australia](/source/Australia), and two on the [Iberian Peninsula](/source/Iberian_Peninsula).[1]

## Species

As of January 2026[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula&action=edit), this genus includes 34 species:[1]

- *[Anapistula appendix](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_appendix&action=edit&redlink=1)* Tong & Li, 2006 – [China](/source/China)

- *[Anapistula aquytabuera](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_aquytabuera&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – [Brazil](/source/Brazil)

- *[Anapistula ataecina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_ataecina&action=edit&redlink=1)* Cardoso & Scharff, 2009 – [Portugal](/source/Portugal)

- *[Anapistula australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_australia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Forster, 1959 – [Australia](/source/Australia) (Queensland)

- *[Anapistula ayri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_ayri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula barbara](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_barbara&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2025 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula bebuia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_bebuia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula benoiti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_benoiti&action=edit&redlink=1)* Forster & [Platnick](/source/Norman_I._Platnick), 1977 – [DR Congo](/source/DR_Congo)

- *[Anapistula bifurcata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_bifurcata&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Harvey](/source/Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist)), 1998 – Australia (Northern Territory)

- *[Anapistula boneti](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_boneti&action=edit&redlink=1)* Forster, 1958 – [Mexico](/source/Mexico)

- *[Anapistula caecula](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_caecula&action=edit&redlink=1)* Baert & [Jocqué](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Jocqu%C3%A9), 1993 – [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast)

- *[Anapistula choojaiae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_choojaiae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rivera-Quiroz, [Petcharad](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Booppa_Petcharad) & Miller, 2021 – [Thailand](/source/Thailand)

- *[Anapistula cuttacutta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_cuttacutta&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Northern Territory)

- *[Anapistula delrosalae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_delrosalae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Pertegal & Barranco, 2025 – [Spain](/source/Spain)

- *[Anapistula equatoriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_equatoriana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 – [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador)

- *[Anapistula guyri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_guyri&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula ishikawai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_ishikawai&action=edit&redlink=1)* Ono, 2002 – [Japan](/source/Japan)

- *[Anapistula jerai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_jerai&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harvey, 1998 – [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) (Borneo), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) (Borneo, Krakatau)

- *[Anapistula martinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_martinae&action=edit&redlink=1)* Sherwood, Harvey, Fowler, Joshua, Stevens, Scipio-O’Dean & Ellick, 2024 – [St. Helena](/source/St._Helena)

- *[Anapistula minadopico](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_minadopico&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2025 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula orbisterna](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_orbisterna&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lin, Pham & Li, 2009 – [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)

- *[Anapistula panensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_panensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lin, Tao & Li, 2013 – China

- *[Anapistula pocaruguara](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_pocaruguara&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula sanjiao](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_sanjiao&action=edit&redlink=1)* S. Q. Li & Lin, 2022 – China

- *[Anapistula secreta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_secreta&action=edit&redlink=1)* [Gertsch](/source/Willis_J._Gertsch), 1941 – USA to Colombia, [Bahamas](/source/Bahamas), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica), [Galapagos](/source/Galapagos)

- *[Anapistula serpentina](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_serpentina&action=edit&redlink=1)* Brescovit & Cizauskas, 2025 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula seychellensis](/source/Anapistula_seychellensis)* Saaristo, 1996 – [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles)

- *[Anapistula tiputiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_tiputiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* Zamani & [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik), 2024 – Ecuador

- *[Anapistula tonga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_tonga&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harvey, 1998 – [Tonga](/source/Tonga)

- *[Anapistula troglobia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_troglobia&action=edit&redlink=1)* Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Western Australia)

- *[Anapistula walayaku](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_walayaku&action=edit&redlink=1)* S. Q. Li & Lin, 2022 – China

- *[Anapistula ybyquyra](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_ybyquyra&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil

- *[Anapistula yungas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_yungas&action=edit&redlink=1)* Rubio & González, 2010 – [Argentina](/source/Argentina)

- *[Anapistula zhengi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anapistula_zhengi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lin, Tao & Li, 2013 – China

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wsc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wsc_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-wsc_1-2) ["Gen. Gertsch, 1941"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03377). World Spider Catalog. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436%2F2). Retrieved 2026-01-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gert1941_2-0)** [Gertsch, W. J.](/source/Willis_J._Gertsch) (1941). "Report on some arachnids from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone". *American Museum Novitates* (1146): 1–14.

## External links

- [Citizen science observations for Anapistula](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/86440) at [iNaturalist](/source/INaturalist)

Taxon identifiers Anapistula Wikidata: Q2152865 Wikispecies: Anapistula ADW: Anapistula AFD: Anapistula BioLib: 467960 CoL: V5R EoL: 112119 GBIF: 2178469 iNaturalist: 86440 IRMNG: 1072506 ITIS: 847853 NCBI: 2654342 Open Tree of Life: 3562099 Plazi: 8A30D737-FFCD-4417-7143-FC51FBFDFABB WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00747

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