Anyphaena

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Palaeogene|present}}

| taxon = Anyphaena

| image = Anyphaenidae_-_Anyphaena_sp..JPG

| image_caption = Anyphaena sp.

| authority = Sundevall, 1833

| subdivision = 83, see text

| type_species = A. accentuata

| type_species_authority = (Walckenaer, 1802)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

}}

Anyphaena is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.{{cite book| last=Sundevall| first=C. J.| year=1833| title=Conspectus Arachnidum}}

File:Anyphaena eye group.svg They are yellow or brownish in coloration, with a concave carapace that narrows gradually towards the head.{{cite book |last1=Chen |first1=Shyh-hwang |last2=Huang |first2=Wen-Jean |title=The Spider Fauna of Taiwan |date=May 2012 |publisher=National Taiwan Normal University |isbn=9789577526687 |page=32 }}

Species

{{as of|2023|03}} it contains eighty-five species in North America, Europe, Middle East and Southern and Eastern Asia:{{cite web| title=Gen. Anyphaena Sundevall, 1833| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2023-03-11| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/205}}

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