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Anyphaena aperta

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Anyphaena aperta
A. aperta, adult male
A. aperta, adult female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anyphaenidae
Genus: Anyphaena
Species:
A. aperta
Binomial name
Anyphaena aperta
(Banks, 1921)

Anyphaena aperta is a species of ghost spider in the family Anyphaenidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.[1][2][3][4] It has adapted to the presence of Australian tea tree plants as an invasive species in North America, using said plants as habitat. [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Anyphaena aperta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  2. ^ "Anyphaena aperta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  3. ^ "Anyphaena aperta". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  4. ^ Hogg, Brian N.; Mills, Nicholas J.; Daane, Kent M. (June 2017). "Temporal Patterns in the Abundance and Species Composition of Spiders on Host Plants of the Invasive Moth Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Environmental Entomology. 46 (3): 502–510. doi:10.1093/ee/nvx065.