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Anyphops barnardi
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anyphops barnardi is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It occurs in southern Africa and is commonly known as Barnard's Anyphops flat spider.[3]
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Distribution
Anyphops barnardi is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, the species occurs in the Northern Cape and Gauteng provinces, at altitudes ranging from 1069 to 1457 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Savanna and Grassland biomes.[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground dwellers that have been collected with pitfall traps and from under rocks.[3]
Description
The species is known only from females.[3] The carapace is fairly dark reddish brown, cephalic portion a little darker than thoracic portion, ocular area black, radiations from the thoracic stria not strongly marked, with a number of submarginal spots subjoined to form a wavy band. The chelicerae are a little darker than the cephalic area.[3]
The opisthosoma above is blackish brown, with some ill-defined symmetrical markings. The legs have well-defined and fairly strong bands. Tibia I and II have 5, metatarsus I and II have 3 pairs of inferior spines. Total length is 30.3 mm.[3]
Conservation
Anyphops barnardi is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range.[3] There are no known threats to the species. It is protected in Rooipoort Nature Reserve and Rietvleidam Nature Reserve. More sampling is needed to collect males.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by R. F. Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops barnardi from Pokwani, Zimbabwe.[1] It was transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]
References
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