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]
| Anyphaena aperta | |
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| A. aperta, adult male | |
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| A. aperta, adult female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Anyphaenidae |
| Genus: | Anyphaena |
| Species: | A. aperta
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| Binomial name | |
| Anyphaena aperta (Banks, 1921)
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References edit
- ^ "Anyphaena aperta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ^ "Anyphaena aperta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ^ "Anyphaena aperta". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ^ "Anyphaena aperta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
- ^ 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.