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Anapidae  Simon, 1895 / Pseudanapis  Simon, 1905   1 species

Pseudanapis aloha Forster, 1959

Description
Male

Prosoma pale orange-brown, with shallow rounded depressions, cephalic region raised. Sternum orange with shallow circular depressions. Legs pale yellow. Opisthosoma yellow, with dorsal scutum, pale orange, shiny, anterior scutum surrounding pedicel and a sclerotised ring surrounding the spinnerets.

Body length male: 0.76-0.80 mm
Female

Prosoma as in males, but cephalic region less raised. Opisthosoma without dorsal scutum, but anterior scutum and sclerotised ring surrounding the spinnerets are present.

Body length female: 0.83-0.9 mm
Additional information

Only in greenhouses. The web of this species is still unknown.

This species of East Asian/Australian/Oceanian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Japan, China, Thailand, Australia (Queensland), Fiji, Micronesia, Hawaii. Introduced to Britain, Germany, Mauritius, Réunion
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Germany   (Kielhorn, 2009) ||| United Kingdom   (Snazell & Smithers, 2007) |||
References

Kielhorn K-H (2009) First records of Spermophora kerinci, Nesticella mogera and Pseudanapis aloha on the European Mainland (Araneae: Pholcidae, Nesticidae, Anapidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 37: 31-34 pdf

Snazell R, Smithers P (2007) Pseudanapis aloha Forster (Araneae, Anapidae) from the Eden Project in Cornwall, England. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 74-76 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
28-05-2021 Distribution update Detail
16-01-2021 Distribution update Detail
20-08-2013 Datasheet update Detail
20-08-2013 Image insert
20-08-2013 Distribution update Detail