A REVIEW OF THE AUSTRALASIAN SPECIES OF ANAPISTULA GERTSCH (ARANEAE SYMPHYTOGNATHIDAE)

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Abstract - The Australasian species of Anapistula Gertsch are revised and six species are recognised: A. australia Forster (Queensland), A. troglobia sp. nov. (Western Australia), A. bifurcata sp. nov. (Northern Territory), A. cuttacutta sp. nov. (Nothern Territory), A. jerai sp. nov. (Malaysia, Sarawak, Kalimantan and Krakatau Islands) and A. tonga sp. nov. (Tonga). A. troglobia and A. cuttacutta are the first known troglobitic species of the family Symphytognathidae and Anapistula is hypothesised to be the sister-group of the remaining symphytognathid genera. The male pedipalp of the type species, A. secreta Gertsch, is illustrated, and the systematic position of the only other New World species, A. boneti Forster, is discussed.