Anyphops barbertonensis
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| Barberton Anyphops Flat Spider | |
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| Female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Selenopidae |
| Genus: | Anyphops |
| Species: | A. barbertonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Anyphops barbertonensis (Lawrence, 1940)[1] | |
Anyphops barbertonensis is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It occurs in southern Africa and is commonly known as the Barberton Anyphops flat spider.[3]
Anyphops barbertonensis is found in South Africa and Eswatini.[2]
In South Africa, the species occurs in the provinces Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga, at altitudes ranging from 1 to 1730 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
The species is known only from females.[3] The carapace is light brown with spots and dashes of brown, thoracic radiations faint, thoracic striae and sides of cephalic area defined by brown stripes, cephalic area bisected by a faint median stripe, which at half-way gives off a branch to each posterior median eye.[3]
The chelicerae are light brown, with their inner apices darkened. The opisthosoma is light brown, finely speckled with some larger indistinct bars and spots. Tibia I and II have 6, metatarsus I and II have 3 pairs of inferior spines. Total length is 12.2 mm.[3]
