Anyphops rubicundus

Anyphops rubicundus is a species of flattie spider in the Selenopidae family, within the genus Anyphops.

Anyphops rubicundus
A common wall spider ("flattie") in a hotel room at Kruger National Park in July 2014, most likely A. rubicundus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Selenopidae
Genus:	Anyphops
Species:	A. rubicundus
Binomial name
Anyphops rubicundus (Lawrence, 1940)[1]
Synonyms
Selenops rubicundus Lawrence, 1940

Though initially classified by South African arachnologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence as part of the gens Selenops in 1940, it was later transferred to the genus Anyphops by Belgian arachnologist Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1968.^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to South Africa,^[1] and is found in the Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Western Cape provinces.^[2]

Original publication (description of the spider)

• Lawrence, 1940 : The genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, vol. 32, p. 606 (text).

The species was classified as a Selenops in this publication.