Anapis Simon, 1895

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2018, Further discoveries on the minuscule spiders from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of seven new species of Anapis (Araneae: Anapidae), Zootaxa 4459 (3), pp. 482-506 : 484

Anapis Simon, 1895

Type species: Anapis hetschki ( Keyserling, 1886)

Diagnosis. Males and females with procurved posterior eye row; medially excavated chelicerae bearing a distal denticulate plate ( Fig. 32 ); males with recurved retrolateral patellar apophysis ( Figs 2 , 8 , 30 ) and ridged palpal conductor ( Figs 2a , 8a , 15a ).

Composition in America. A. anabelleae n. sp., A. amazonas Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. anchicaya Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. atuncela Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. calima Platnick & Shadad, 1978 , A. caluga Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. carmencita n. sp., A. castilla Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. chiriboga Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. choroni Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. churu n. sp., A. circinata ( Simon, 1895) , A. digua Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. discoidalis ( Balogh & Loksa, 1968), A. felidia Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. guasca Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. heredia Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. hetschki ( Keyserling, 1886) , A. keyserlingi Gertsch, 1941 , A. mariebertheae n. sp., A. meta Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. mexicana Forster, 1958 , A. minutissima ( Simon, 1903) , A. monteverde Platnick & Shadab, 1978 , A. naranja n. sp., A. nawchi n. sp., A. nevada Müller, 1987 , A. saladito Platnick & Shadab, 1978 and A. shina n. sp.

Distribution in America. Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 30–34. Anapis nawchi n. sp. 30, Male palp retrolateral view. 30a, Male palp conductor and embolus, retrolateral view. 31, Male palp prolateral view. 32, Male chelicerae anterior view. 33, Male left metatarsus and tarsus I, prolateral view. 34, Male, left metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view.

FIGURES 1–6. Anapis anabelleae n. sp. 1, Male palp prolateral view. 2, Male palp retrolateral view. 2a, Male palp conductor and embolus, retrolateral view. 3, Male left metatarsus and tarsus I, prolateral view. 4, Male, left metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view. 5, Female epigastric region, ventral view. 6, Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 7–13. Anapis carmencita n. sp. 7, Male abdomen, lateral view. 8, Male palp retrolateral view. 8a. Male palp conductor and embolus, retrolateral view. 9, Male palp, prolateral view. 10, Male left metatarsus and tarsus I, prolateral view. 11, Male, left metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view. 12, Female epigastric region, ventral view. 13, Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.

FIGURES 14–19. Anapis churu n. sp. 14, Male palp prolateral view. 15, Male palp retrolateral view. 15a. Male palp conductor and embolus, retrolateral view. 16, Male left metatarsus and tarsus I, prolateral view. 17, Male, left metatarsus and tarsus II, prolateral view. 18, Female epigastric region, ventral view. 19, Female internal genitalia, dorsal view.