Biology:Anyphops immaculatus
| Gauteng's Anyphops Flat Spider | |
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| male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Selenopidae |
| Genus: | Anyphops |
| Species: | A. immaculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anyphops immaculatus (Lawrence, 1940)[1]
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Anyphops immaculatus is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Gauteng's Anyphops flat spider.[3]
Distribution
Anyphops immaculatus occurs in five South African provinces: Free State, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape. Notable localities include Florida, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, East London, and Cathedral Peak.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits Fynbos, Grassland, and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 52 to 1693 m above sea level.[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground living spiders that are sometimes found in houses.[3]
Description
Known only from the male. The carapace is yellow-brown with thoracic striae and some very faint radiations from it a little darker, and eyes surrounded by a blackened area. The chelicerae are yellow brown.[3]
The opisthosoma is yellow with a few blackish brown spots. The legs are without markings except for two very faint brown bands on the anterior tibiae. The anterior tibiae have 5 pairs of inferior spines.[3]
Total length is 8.5 mm.[3]
Conservation
Anyphops immaculatus is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range. The species is protected in the Swartberg Nature Reserve and Amanzi Private Game Reserve.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops immaculatus from Florida in Gauteng.[1] It was later transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lawrence, R.F. (1940). "The genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum 32: 579. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.5227.
- ↑ "Anyphops immaculatus (Lawrence, 1940)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/33965. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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. 26. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162139.
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External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q2179948 entry
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