Anyphops gilli

Anyphops gilli occurs in three South African provinces: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape.^[3] Notable localities include Uitenhage, Hogsback in the Amatola Mountains, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and Ngome State Forest.^[3]

The species inhabits Forest, Savanna, and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 45 to 1307 m above sea level.^[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal spiders that have been sampled with pitfall traps and from leaf litter in dry-humid wet forest.^[3]

Known only from the male. The carapace is light reddish brown and a little darker anteriorly, with thoracic striae brown and some fine long radiating lines from it. The cephalic region is bisected by a light brown line which is duplicated for most of its length, and the chelicerae are a little darker than the carapace.^[3]

The opisthosoma has some brown spots and wavy cross-bars over most of its surface, with a transverse, procurved, fairly broad black stripe near its posterior extremity. The anterior tibiae have 6 pairs of inferior spines.^[3]

Total length is 8.6 mm.^[3]

Anyphops gilli is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range.^[3] The species is protected in three State Forests, though more sampling is needed to collect the female.^[3]

The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops gilli from Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape.^[1] It was later transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.^[3]