Anyphops Explained

Anyphops is a genus of wall spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1968.^[1]

Species

it contains sixty-four species, found in Africa and on Saint Helena:^[2]

• A. alticola (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. amatolae (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. atomarius (Simon, 1887) (type) – Southern Africa
• A. barbertonensis (Lawrence, 1940) – Somalia, South Africa
• A. barnardi (Lawrence, 1940) – Zimbabwe
• A. basutus (Pocock, 1901) – Lesotho
• A. bechuanicus (Lawrence, 1940) – Botswana
• A. benoiti Corronca, 1998 – Madagascar
• A. braunsi (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. broomi (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
• A. caledonicus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. capensis (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. civicus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. decoratus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. dubiosus (Lawrence, 1952) – South Africa
• A. dulacen Corronca, 2000 – Namibia
• A. fitzsimonsi (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. gilli (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. helenae (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. hessei (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. hewitti (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. immaculatus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. karrooicus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. kivuensis Benoit, 1968 – Congo
• A. kraussi (Pocock, 1898) – South Africa
• A. lawrencei (Roewer, 1951) – South Africa
• A. leleupi Benoit, 1972 – South Africa
• A. lesserti (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. lignicola (Lawrence, 1937) – South Africa
• A. lochiel Corronca, 2000 – South Africa
• A. longipedatus (Roewer, 1955) – South Africa
• A. lucia Corronca, 2005 – South Africa
• A. lycosiformis (Lawrence, 1937) – South Africa
• A. maculosus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. marshalli (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa
• A. minor (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. montanus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. mumai (Corronca, 1996) – South Africa
• A. namaquensis (Lawrence, 1940) – Namibia
• A. narcissi Benoit, 1972 – Eswatini
• A. natalensis (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. ngome Corronca, 2005 – South Africa
• A. parvulus (Pocock, 1900) – Congo, South Africa
• A. phallus (Lawrence, 1952) – South Africa
• A. pococki (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. purcelli (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. regalis (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. reservatus (Lawrence, 1937) – South Africa
• A. rubicundus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. schoenlandi (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa
• A. septemspinatus (Lawrence, 1937) – South Africa
• A. septentrionalis Benoit, 1975 – Cameroon
• A. sexspinatus (Lawrence, 1940) – Namibia
• A. silvicolellus (Strand, 1913) – Central Africa
• A. smithersi (Lawrence, 1940) – Lesotho
• A. spenceri (Pocock, 1896) – South Africa
• A. sponsae (Lessert, 1933) – Congo, Angola
• A. stauntoni (Pocock, 1902) – St. Helena, South Africa
• A. stridulans (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. thornei (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. transvaalicus (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. tuckeri (Lawrence, 1940) – South Africa
• A. tugelanus (Lawrence, 1942) – South Africa
• A. whiteae (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa

See also

• List of Selenopidae species

Notes and References

1. Benoit. P. L. G.. 1968. Les Selenopidae africains au Nord du 17e parallèle Sud et reclassement des espèces africaines de la famille (Araneae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 113–141. 77.
2. Gen. Anyphops Benoit, 1968. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-12. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.