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Anyphops fitzsimonsi

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Anyphops fitzsimonsi is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Mpumalanga Anyphops flat spider.[3]

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Distribution

Anyphops fitzsimonsi occurs in three South African provinces: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and North West.[3] Notable localities include Barberton, Nelspruit, Pretoria, and the Lowveld National Botanical Garden.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits Savanna and Grassland biomes at altitudes ranging from 270 to 1394 m above sea level.[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal spiders that have been sampled from trees in avocado, macadamia and citrus orchards and commercial pine plantations.[3] Specimens have also been found in houses.[3]

Description

Known only from the male.[3] The carapace is yellow-brown without radiations from thoracic striae, with a lighter parallel-sided broad yellow area behind the eyes as wide as the ocular row, bisected by the striae which continues as a brown stripe onto the cephalic region.[3]

The broad median area of carapace is bordered at the sides by a wavy brown line, and the eyes are black. The opisthosoma is yellow above with a few indistinct brown markings, while the under surface and legs are yellow without black bands. The anterior tibiae have 6 pairs of inferior spines.[3]

Total length is 8.6 mm.[3]

Conservation

Anyphops fitzsimonsi is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range.[3] The species receives protection in the Lowveld National Botanical Garden and Bergvliet State Forest.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops fitzsimonsi from Barberton in Mpumalanga.[1] It was later transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]

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