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Anyphops caledonicus
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anyphops caledonicus is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
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Distribution
Anyphops caledonicus is found in South Africa.[2] The species is endemic to the Western Cape, known from Caledon and Bontebok National Park at 237 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Fynbos biome.[3] Little is known about their behaviour.[3]
Description
The species is known only from females.[3] The carapace is light yellow-brown with a Y-shaped darker marking formed by the thoracic striae and posterior boundaries of the cephalic area, with a few small dark spots halfway between the striae and lateral margins.[3]
The opisthosoma above has 3 pairs of short curved blackish bars. There are well-defined brown bands on femora and tibiae of all legs. Tibia I and II have 5, metatarsus I and II have 3 pairs of inferior spines. Total length is 7-8 mm.[3]
Conservation
Anyphops caledonicus is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons.[3] The status of the species remains obscure. More sampling is needed to collect males and determine the species' range. It is protected in Bontebok National Park.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by R. F. Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops caledonicus from Caledon.[1] It was transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]
References
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