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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 and is commonly known as the Caledon anyphops flat spider.[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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