Anyphops gilli

Uitenhage Anyphops Flat Spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Selenopidae
Genus: Anyphops
Species:
A. gilli
Binomial name
Anyphops gilli
(Lawrence, 1940)[1]

Anyphops gilli is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Uitenhage Anyphops flat spider.[3]

Distribution

Anyphops gilli occurs in three South African provinces: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Western Cape.[3] Notable localities include Uitenhage, Hogsback in the Amatola Mountains, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and Ngome State Forest.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species inhabits Forest, Savanna, and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 45 to 1307 m above sea level.[3] These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal spiders that have been sampled with pitfall traps and from leaf litter in dry-humid wet forest.[3]

Description

See also: Glossary of spider terms

Known only from the male. The carapace is light reddish brown and a little darker anteriorly, with thoracic striae brown and some fine long radiating lines from it. The cephalic region is bisected by a light brown line which is duplicated for most of its length, and the chelicerae are a little darker than the carapace.[3]

The opisthosoma has some brown spots and wavy cross-bars over most of its surface, with a transverse, procurved, fairly broad black stripe near its posterior extremity. The anterior tibiae have 6 pairs of inferior spines.[3]

Total length is 8.6 mm.[3]

Conservation

Anyphops gilli is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range.[3] The species is protected in three State Forests, though more sampling is needed to collect the female.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Lawrence in 1940 as Selenops gilli from Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape.[1] It was later transferred to the genus Anyphops by Benoit in 1968.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Lawrence, R.F. (1940). "The genus Selenops (Araneae) in South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 32: 597. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.5227.
  2. ^ "Anyphops gilli (Lawrence, 1940)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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. p. 22. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7162139. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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