Anamidae

Anamidae

Anamidae

Family of spiders

Anamidae is a family of Australian mygalomorph spiders. It was first described as a tribe by Simon in 1889, then raised to the subfamily Anaminae of the family Nemesiidae, before being raised to a family level by Opatova et al. in 2020.[1][2]

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Taxonomy

The tribe Anamini was first described by Eugène Simon in 1899.[3] In 1982, Barbara York Main distinguished the tribe Teylini from the tribe Anamini by technical differences, including a narrow band of cuspules on the maxillae and the absence of a spine-bearing spur on the first tibia of males (except in Teyloides).[4] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2018 found that Anamini excluding Teylini was not monophyletic, and so merged the former Teylini into Anamini, placing the tribe in the subfamily Anaminae of the family Nemesiidae.[3] In 2020, Opatova et al. raised the group to the rank of family, including all nine genera previously placed in the Anamini.[2]

Further information: List of Anamidae species

Genera

As of July 2020, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera.[1] A 2018 molecular phylogenetic study divided them into four informal groups.[3]

Distribution

All members of the family are native to Australia.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Family: Anamidae Simon, 1889", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-10
  2. [2]
    Opatova, Vera; Hamilton, Chris A.; Hedin, Marshal; Montes De Oca, Lauren; Král, Jiři & Bond, Jason E. (2019), "Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolution of the Spider Infraorder Mygalomorphae Using Genomic Scale Data", Systematic Biology, 69 (4): 671–707, doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064
  3. [3]
    Harvey, Mark S.; Hillyer, Mia J.; Main, Barbara York; Moulds, Timothy A.; Raven, Robert J.; Rix, Michael G.; Vink, Cor J. & Huey, Joel A. (2018), "Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian open-holed trapdoor spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae: Anaminae): multi-locus molecular analyses resolve the generic classification of a highly diverse fauna", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184 (2): 407–452, doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx111
  4. [4]
    Main, B.Y. (2004), "Biosystematics of Australian mygalomorph spiders: descriptions of three species of Teyl from Victoria (Araneae: Nemesiidae)" (PDF), Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 61 (1): 47–55, doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.3, retrieved 2021-01-12
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