Anyphops helenae
| Anyphops helenae | |
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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. helenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Anyphops helenae (Lawrence, 1940)[1]
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Anyphops helenae is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Anyphops helenae is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa.[3] The species is known only from the type locality of Stompneus at St Helena Bay.[3]
Habitat and ecology
[edit | edit source]The species inhabits the Fynbos biome at an altitude of 109 m above sea level.[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal spiders.[3]
Description
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Known only from the female.[3] The carapace is light reddish brown, ornamented with minute black specks and larger blackish spots, with a tuft of white hairs above and overhanging the anterior median eyes. The chelicerae are the same colour as the carapace.[3]
The opisthosoma is brown above with some rather ill-defined symmetrical darker markings. The anterior legs have brown bands while the posterior ones are without bands. The anterior tibiae have 5 pairs of inferior spines.[3]
Total length is 8 mm.[3]
Conservation
[edit | edit source]Anyphops helenae is listed as Data Deficient due to taxonomic reasons.[3] The species has a very small range and more sampling is needed to collect males and determine the full extent of its distribution.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops helenae.[1] It was later transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]
References
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