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Anyphops braunsi
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anyphops braunsi is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Willowmore anyphops flat spider.[3]
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Distribution
Anyphops braunsi is found in South Africa.[2] The species occurs in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces, at altitudes ranging from 62 to 1050 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits Forest, Savanna, and Thicket biomes.[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground dwellers. Different species frequently occur sympatrically but occupy different microhabitats. The species has been collected on the ground in a pine plantation at Sabie, South Africa.[3]
Description
The species is known only from females.[3] The carapace is light reddish brown, thoracic striae well defined, with some fine lines radiating from it, and a line from the striae bisecting the cephalic area and bifurcating behind the anterior median eyes. The chelicerae are a little darker than the carapace.[3]
The opisthosoma is rubbed, yellow above but with some darker spots and blotches above the spinners. The legs have dark bands. Tibia I and II have 6, metatarsus I and II have 3 pairs of inferior spines. Total length is 12 mm.[3]
Conservation
Anyphops braunsi is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range.[3] Threats to the species are unknown. It is protected in Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve and Bergvliet Forest Station.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by R. F. Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops braunsi from Willowmore in the Eastern Cape.[1] It was transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]
References
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