Anyphops lawrencei
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| Zululand Anyphops Flat Spider | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Selenopidae |
| Genus: | Anyphops |
| Species: | A. lawrencei |
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| Anyphops lawrencei (Roewer, 1951)[1] | |
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Anyphops lawrencei is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It occurs in South Africa and Zimbabwe and is commonly known as Zululand Anyphops flat spider.[3]
Anyphops lawrencei occurs in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
In South Africa, it is known from the provinces Free State, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal. Notable localities include Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, and various nature reserves around Pretoria.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Grassland, and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 112 to 1920 m above sea level. These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground living spiders that are frequently found under rocks and have been collected from pitfall traps in open and dense indigenous forest.[3]
Description
female
male
male palp
The species nown from both sexes. The carapace is orange-brown with lateral dark grey markings, and the chelicerae are orange-brown. The legs are pale orange-brown with markings on femora I–II forming two incomplete rings, while femora III–IV have two prolateral dark grey parallel lines limiting a pale and narrow band.[3]
The dorsal opisthosoma is dark brown with yellowish spots and a typical posterior transversal light band, while the venter is light grey. The anterior tibiae have 5 pairs of spines, anterior metatarsi with 3, and femora above with 3 very long and more or less erect blackish spines.[3]
Total length is 5-6 mm.[3]
