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Anagraphis

Anagraphis is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893. Originally placed in the now unrecognized family Prodidomidae, it was moved to the family Gnaphosidae in 2006.

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Jun 14, 2026
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Length
234 w
Citations
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Source
Anagraphis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Anagraphis
Simon, 18931
Type species
A. pallens
Simon, 1893
Species

7, see text

Synonyms1
  • Macedoniella Drensky, 19352

Anagraphis is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1893.3 Originally placed in the now unrecognized family Prodidomidae, it was moved to the family Gnaphosidae in 2006.4

Species

As of May 2019 it contains seven species from Asia and Africa:1

  • Anagraphis incerta Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
  • Anagraphis maculosa Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan
  • Anagraphis minima Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
  • Anagraphis ochracea (L. Koch, 1867) – Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey
  • Anagraphis pallens Simon, 1893 (type) – Libya, Malta, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Syria, Russia (Europe), Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
  • Anagraphis pluridentata Simon, 1897 – Syria
  • Anagraphis pori Levy, 1999 – Israel
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Anagraphis Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Bosmans, R. (2014). "On the identity of the genera Anagraphis Simon, 1893 and Macedoniella Drensky, 1935 with two new synonyms (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 48: 38. doi:10.5431/aramit4807. hdl:1854/LU-8755438.
  3. Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  4. Platnick, N. I.; Baehr, B. (2006). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 298: 5. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5788. S2CID 83420288.