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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Ghost Spiders (Anyphaenidae) » Anyphaena » Anyphaena californica

Species Anyphaena californica

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Spider with attached parasite - Anyphaena californica - female Spider with attached parasite - Anyphaena californica - female A. californica - Anyphaena californica - female Ghost Spider - Anyphaena californica - female A. californica male - Anyphaena californica - male A. californica male - Anyphaena californica - male A. californica male - Anyphaena californica - male Anyphaena californica? - Anyphaena californica - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Anyphaenidae (Ghost Spiders)
Genus Anyphaena
Species californica (Anyphaena californica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Very similar to A. pacifica. Requires microscopic examination of the genitalia of adults to distinguish them.

Palp (ventral/retrolateral view)

Epigynum
Range
California and Oregon (1)
Life Cycle
Mature males have been collected from early March to mid-July. Mature females have been collected from mid-March to mid-November.
Works Cited
1.The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico
N. Platnick. 1974. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol 146 (4): 205-266.
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 10 November, 2008 - 10:48pm
Additional contributions by cheins, jsloan
Last updated 5 January, 2023 - 11:08am

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