Synaphridae

{{Short description|Family of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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

| image = Distribution.synaphridae.1.png

| image_caption = Global distribution of Synaphridae, excluding Madagascar

| taxon = Synaphridae

| authority = Wunderlich, 1986

| range_map =

| diversity = 3 genera, 13 species

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = {{linked genus list

|Africepheia|Miller, 2007

|Cepheia|Simon, 1894

|Synaphris|Simon, 1894}}

}}

Synaphridae is a family of spiders with thirteen described species in three genera. It was first described as a subfamily of Anapidae,{{citation| last=Wunderlich| first=J.| title=Spinnenfauna gestern und heute: Fossile Spinnen in Bernstein und ihre heute lebenden Verwandten| publisher=Quelle & Meyer| year=1986| language=de}} but it has since been raised to family status.{{cite journal| last1=Maruski| first1=Y.M.| last2=Lehtinen| first2=P.T.| year=2003| title=Synaphridae Wunderlich, 1986 (Aranei: Araneoidea), a new family status, with a description of a new species from Turkmenistan| journal=Arthropoda Selecta| volume=11| pages=143–152}}