Anapistula
# Anapistula

Anapistula is a genus of dwarf orb-weavers that was first described by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker in 1941.

## Species

As of September 2019 it contains twenty-five species, found in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Oceania, Asia, South America, and Portugal:

* Anapistula appendix Tong & Li, 2006 – China
* Anapistula aquytabuera Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
* Anapistula ataecina Cardoso & Scharff, 2009 – Portugal
* Anapistula australia Forster, 1959 – Australia (Queensland)
* Anapistula ayri Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
* Anapistula bebuia Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
* Anapistula benoiti Forster & Platnick, 1977 – Congo
* Anapistula bifurcata Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Northern Territory)
* Anapistula boneti Forster, 1958 – Mexico
* Anapistula caecula Baert & Jocqué, 1993 – Ivory Coast
* Anapistula cuttacutta Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Northern Territory)
* Anapistula equatoriana Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 – Ecuador
* Anapistula guyri Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
* Anapistula ishikawai Ono, 2002 – Japan
* Anapistula jerai Harvey, 1998 – Malaysia, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Krakatau), Borneo
* Anapistula orbisterna Lin, Pham & Li, 2009 – Vietnam
* Anapistula panensis Lin, Tao & Li, 2013 – China
* Anapistula pocaruguara Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
* Anapistula secreta Gertsch, 1941 (type) – USA to Colombia, Bahama Is., Jamaica
* Anapistula seychellensis Saaristo, 1996 – Seychelles
* Anapistula tonga Harvey, 1998 – Tonga
* Anapistula troglobia Harvey, 1998 – Australia (Western Australia)
* Anapistula ybyquyra Rheims & Brescovit, 2003 – Brazil
* Anapistula yungas Rubio & González, 2010 – Argentina
* Anapistula zhengi Lin, Tao & Li, 2013 – China
