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Anyphops lesserti
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anyphops lesserti is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
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Distribution
Anyphops lesserti is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. The species is known from a few localities including Touws River, Gouritsmond, and Swartberg Nature Reserve.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Fynbos biome at altitudes ranging from sea level to 1405 m above sea level. These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground living spiders.[3]
Description
Known only from the male. The carapace is orange-yellow with the thoracic striae visible, and the chelicerae are much darker than the carapace, being reddish brown.[3]
The opisthosoma is light yellow-brown above with minute scattered black dots and a wavy transverse black stripe above the spinnerets. The legs apparently lack markings or bands of any kind. The anterior tibiae have 5 pairs of inferior spines.[3]
Total length is 10.2 mm.[3]
Conservation
Anyphops lesserti is listed as Data Deficient due to taxonomic reasons. The species has a small range and more sampling is needed to collect females and determine the full extent of its distribution. It receives some protection in Swartberg Nature Reserve.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops lesserti from Touws River.[1] It was later transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]
References
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