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Anyphaena aperta

Anyphaena aperta is a species of ghost spider in the family Anyphaenidae. It is found in the United States and Canada. It has adapted to the presence of Australian tea tree plants as an invasive species in North America, using said plants as habitat.

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Anyphaena aperta
A. aperta, adult male
A. aperta, adult female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Anyphaena
Species:
A. aperta
Binomial name
Anyphaena aperta
(Banks, 1921)

Anyphaena aperta is a species of ghost spider in the family Anyphaenidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.1234 It has adapted to the presence of Australian tea tree plants as an invasive species in North America, using said plants as habitat. 5

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References

  1. "Anyphaena aperta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. "Anyphaena aperta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  3. "Anyphaena aperta". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  4. Hogg, Brian N.; Mills, Nicholas J.; Daane, Kent M. (June 2017). "Temporal Patterns in the Abundance and Species Composition of Spiders on Host Plants of the Invasive Moth Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Environmental Entomology. 46 (3): 502–510. doi:10.1093/ee/nvx065.