Anyphops purcelli
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| Anyphops purcelli | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Selenopidae |
| Genus: | Anyphops |
| Species: | A. purcelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Anyphops purcelli | |
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Anyphops purcelli is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Anyphops purcelli is found in South Africa in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces. The species occurs at altitudes ranging from 1 to 222 m above sea level. Known locations include Mkambati Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape and Montagu Baths in the Western Cape.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
Anyphops purcelli is known only from the female. The type specimen is faded. The carapace is yellow brown with a blackish marginal border. The thoracic striae are brown, with a number of short blackish stripes near the lateral margins directed towards but not connected with the striae. The cephalic portion is defined posteriorly by a blackish V-shaped marking.[3]
The abdomen is blackish brown above, rather rubbed, but with a clearly defined broad V-shaped marking above the spinnerets. The legs have large black blotches on the antero-inferior surfaces of the anterior femora, and wide brown bands on the tibiae, with these markings becoming fainter in the posterior legs. Tibia I and II have 5, metatarsus I and II have 3 pairs of inferior spines. The total length is 8 mm.[3]
