Anyphops maculosus
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| Willowmore Anyphops Flat Spider | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Selenopidae |
| Genus: | Anyphops |
| Species: | A. maculosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Anyphops maculosus (Lawrence, 1940)[1] | |
Anyphops maculosus is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Willowmore Anyphops flat spider.
Anyphops maculosus occurs in three South African provinces: Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Western Cape. It has been recorded from Willowmore and Pearston in the Eastern Cape, Farm Gamesep near Postmasburg and Kathu in the Northern Cape, and Beaufort West and Karoo National Park in the Western Cape at altitudes ranging from 709 to 1,212 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Nama Karoo and Thicket biomes and is a free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground-dwelling spider.[3]
