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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 and is commonly known as Touwsriver Anyphops flat spider.[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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