Synaphridae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Araneomorphae
Infraordo: Araneomorphi
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Genera: Africepheia - Cepheia - Synaphris

Name

Synaphridae Wunderlich, 1986

Synonyms

Synaphrinae Wunderlich, 1986 [as subfamilia of Anapidae]

References

Lopardo, L.; Hormiga, G.; Melic, A. 2007: Spinneret spigot morphology in synaphrid spiders (Araneae, Synaphridae), with comments on the systematics of the family and description of a new species of Synaphris Simon 1894 from Spain. American Museum novitates, (3556) doi: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3556[1:SSMISS]2.0.CO;2
Miller, J.A. 2007: Synaphridae of Madagascar (Araneae: Araneoidea): a new family record for the Afrotropical region. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 58(3): 21-48. Abstract PDF
Schütt, K. 2003: Phylogeny of Symphytognathidae s.l. (Araneae, Araneoidea). Zoologica scripta, 32: 129-151. doi: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00103.x

links

SYNAPHRIDAE in Platnick, N.I. The World Spider Catalog, Version 10.0

The Synaphridae are a spider family with twelve described species in three genera.

Species

Africepheia Miller, 2007

Africepheia madagascariensis Miller, 2007 (Madagascar)

Cepheia Simon, 1894

Cepheia longiseta (Simon, 1881) (Southern Europe)

Synaphris Simon, 1894

Synaphris agaetensis Wunderlich, 1987 (Canary Is.)
Synaphris calerensis Wunderlich, 1987 (Canary Is.)
Synaphris dalmatensis Wunderlich, 1980 (Croatia)
Synaphris franzi Wunderlich, 1987 (Canary Is.)
Synaphris lehtineni Marusik, Gnelitsa & Kovblyuk, 2005 (Ukraine)
Synaphris letourneuxi (Simon, 1884) (Egypt)
Synaphris orientalis Marusik & Lehtinen, 2003 (Turkmenistan)
Synaphris saphrynis Lopardo et al., 2007 (Spain)
Synaphris schlingeri Miller, 2007 (Madagascar)
Synaphris toliara Miller, 2007 (Madagascar)

References

Marusik, Y. M. and Lehtinen, P. T. (2003): Synaphridae Wunderlich, 1986 (Aranei: Araneoidea), a new family status, with a description of a new species from Turkmenistan. Arthropoda Selecta, 11: 143-152. (Synaphris orientalis)