Anyphaena

Anyphaena is a genus of spiders in the family Anyphaenidae. Anyphaena spiders have been sighted 27 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Anyphaena includes 5 countries and 12 states in the United States. Anyphaena is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of April.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Anyphaena

Author

Carl Jakob Sundevall, 1833

Sightings Overview

There have been 27 confirmed sightings of Anyphaena, with the most recent sighting submitted on February 15, 2020 by Spider ID member towerchick. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 27 sightings because of certain Anyphaena sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 4% of the time, Anyphaena spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 27)
Sex: 2 female and 12 male.
Environment: Anyphaena has been sighted 14 times outdoors, and 15 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (6). Low foliage (1). High foliage (4). Ground layer (1). Forest (2).

Location and Range

Anyphaena has been sighted in the following countries: Canada, Estonia, Norway, United Kingdom, United States.

Anyphaena has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Georgia, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia.