Anyphops barbertonensis
Anyphops barbertonensis is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae. It occurs in southern Africa and is commonly known as the Barberton Anyphops flat spider.
Distribution
Anyphops barbertonensis is found in South Africa and Eswatini.In South Africa, the species occurs in the provinces Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga, at altitudes ranging from 1 to 1730 m above sea level.
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Fynbos, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Grassland, and Savanna biomes. These are free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground dwellers that have been collected with pitfall traps and from under rocks.Description
The species is known only from females. The carapace is light brown with spots and dashes of brown, thoracic radiations faint, thoracic striae and sides of cephalic area defined by brown stripes, cephalic area bisected by a faint median stripe, which at half-way gives off a branch to each posterior median eye.The chelicerae are light brown, with their inner apices darkened. The opisthosoma is light brown, finely speckled with some larger indistinct bars and spots. Tibia I and II have 6, metatarsus I and II have 3 pairs of inferior spines. Total length is 12.2 mm.