Anyphops minor
species of arachnid
Anyphops minor is a species of spider in the family Selenopidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Empangeni Anyphops wall spider.
Distribution
Anyphops minor occurs in two South African provinces: KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. It has been recorded from Empangeni, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (Hell's Gate), and La Mercy in KwaZulu-Natal, and Diepwalle Forest Station and Groeneweide Forest Station near George in the Western Cape at altitudes ranging from 7 to 243 m above sea level.
Habitat and ecology
The species inhabits the Forest, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, and Savanna biomes and is a free-living cryptozoic nocturnal ground-dwelling spider. It has also been sampled from sugar cane fields.
Description
Both sexes are known. The carapace is brown with a very broad blackish-brown marginal band, crenulated along its inner margin and including some light brown spots. The lighter inner portion of the carapace lacks distinct radiations from the thoracic stria and has a T-shaped blackish marking behind the eyes, with the cephalic region having a narrow blackish margin. The chelicerae are blackish brown.
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