Anansus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Haplogynae
Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Subfamilia: Pholcinae
Genus: Anansus
Species: A. aowin – A. atewa – A. debakkeri – A. ewe – A. kamwai
Name

Anansus Huber, 2007:

Type species: Anansus aowin Bernhard A. Huber, 2007
References
Primary references

Huber, B.A. 2007: Two new genera of small, six-eyed pholcid spiders from West Africa, and first record of Spermophorides for mainland Africa (Araneae: Pholcidae). Zootaxa 1635: 23–43. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Additional references

Huber, B.A. & Kwapong, P. 2013. West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 59: 1-44. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59. Reference page.
Huber, B.A., Le Gall, P. & Mavoungou, J.F. 2014. Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 81: 1-46. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81. Reference page.

Anansus is a genus of African cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2007.[2]
Species

As of June 2019 it contains five species, found only in Africa:[1]

Anansus aowin Huber, 2007 (type) – Ivory Coast
Anansus atewa Huber & Kwapong, 2013 – Ghana
Anansus debakkeri Huber, 2007 – Congo
Anansus ewe Huber, 2007 – West Africa
Anansus kamwai Huber, 2014 – Cameroon