Biology:Anyphops broomi
| Garies Anyphops Flat Spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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
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
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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pocock, R.I. (1900). "Some new Arachnida from Cape Colony". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 331. doi:10.1080/00222930008678382.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Anyphops broomi (Pocock, 1900)". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/33953. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2020). The Selenopidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. pp. 15. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162139.
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Wikidata ☰ Q2379887 entry
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