Anyphops barnardi
Anyphops barnardi is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae. It occurs in southern Africa and is commonly known as Barnard's Anyphops flat spider.
Distribution
Anyphops barnardi is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa. In South Africa, the species occurs in the Northern Cape and Gauteng provinces, at altitudes ranging from 1069 to 1457 m above sea level.Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Savanna and Grassland 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 fairly dark reddish brown, cephalic portion a little darker than thoracic portion, ocular area black, radiations from the thoracic stria not strongly marked, with a number of submarginal spots subjoined to form a wavy band. The chelicerae are a little darker than the cephalic area.The opisthosoma above is blackish brown, with some ill-defined symmetrical markings. The legs have well-defined and fairly strong bands. Tibia I and II have 5, metatarsus I and II have 3 pairs of inferior spines. Total length is 30.3 mm.