Anyphops broomi
| Garies Anyphops Flat Spider | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Selenopidae |
| Genus: | Anyphops |
| Species: | A. broomi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anyphops broomi (Pocock, 1900)[1]
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Anyphops broomi is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Garies anyphops flat spider.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Anyphops broomi is found in South Africa.[2] The species occurs in the Free State, Northern Cape, and Western Cape provinces, at altitudes ranging from 27 to 1645 m above sea level.[3]
Habitat and ecology
[edit | edit source]Anyphops broomi inhabits Grassland, Desert, and Succulent Karoo biomes.[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground dwellers.[3]
Description
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The species is known from both sexes.[3] The carapace is yellow brown, thoracic striae black and strongly defined, continued on to the cephalic portion as a very fine black line, with radiations from thoracic striae long, fine, but distinct.[3]
The opisthosoma is light brown, with some short longitudinal black bars and spots, and a wavy transverse blackish band above the spinners. The legs have dark bands, those on the femora poorly defined, especially the posterior ones, and those of the tibia well defined.[3]
The colour of males is much lighter than in females. Anterior tibiae have 5, anterior metatarsi have 3 pairs of inferior spines. Total length is 14-15 mm in females and 13-14 mm in males.[3]
Conservation
[edit | edit source]Anyphops broomi is listed as Least Concern due to the wide geographical range.[3] There are no known threats to the species. It is protected in Richtersveld National Park.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The species was originally described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1900 as Selenops broomi from Garies in the Northern Cape.[1] It was transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]
References
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