''Anyphops'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
wall spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1968.
Species
it contains sixty-four species, found in Africa and on
Saint Helena
Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...
:
*''
A. alticola''
(Lawrence, 1940) β
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
*''
A. amatolae''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. atomarius''
(Simon, 1887) (
type) β Southern Africa
*''
A. barbertonensis''
(Lawrence, 1940) β
Somalia
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, South Africa
*''
A. barnardi''
(Lawrence, 1940) β
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
*''
A. basutus''
( Pocock, 1901) β
Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...
*''
A. bechuanicus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
*''
A. benoiti''
Corronca, 1998 β
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: RΓ©publique de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
*''
A. braunsi''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. broomi''
(Pocock, 1900) β South Africa
*''
A. caledonicus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. capensis''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. civicus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. decoratus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. dubiosus''
(Lawrence, 1952) β South Africa
*''
A. dulacen''
Corronca, 2000 β
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
*''
A. fitzsimonsi''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. gilli''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. helenae''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. hessei''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. hewitti''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. immaculatus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. karrooicus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. kivuensis''
Benoit, 1968 β
Congo
*''
A. kraussi''
(Pocock, 1898) β South Africa
*''
A. lawrencei''
( Roewer, 1951) β South Africa
*''
A. leleupi''
Benoit, 1972 β South Africa
*''
A. lesserti''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. lignicola''
(Lawrence, 1937) β South Africa
*''
A. lochiel''
Corronca, 2000 β South Africa
*''
A. longipedatus''
(Roewer, 1955) β South Africa
*''
A. lucia''
Corronca, 2005 β South Africa
*''
A. lycosiformis''
(Lawrence, 1937) β South Africa
*''
A. maculosus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. marshalli''
(Pocock, 1902) β South Africa
*''
A. minor''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. montanus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. mumai''
(Corronca, 1996) β South Africa
*''
A. namaquensis''
(Lawrence, 1940) β Namibia
*''
A. narcissi''
Benoit, 1972 β Swaziland
*''
A. natalensis''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. ngome''
Corronca, 2005 β South Africa
*''
A. parvulus''
(Pocock, 1900) β Congo, South Africa
*''
A. phallus''
(Lawrence, 1952) β South Africa
*''
A. pococki''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. purcelli''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. regalis''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. reservatus''
(Lawrence, 1937) β South Africa
*''
A. rubicundus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. schoenlandi''
(Pocock, 1902) β South Africa
*''
A. septemspinatus''
(Lawrence, 1937) β South Africa
*''
A. septentrionalis''
Benoit, 1975 β
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: RΓ©publique du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
*''
A. sexspinatus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β Namibia
*''
A. silvicolellus''
(Strand
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** Beach
** Shoreline
*Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
*Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* Strand Street, ...
, 1913) β
Central Africa
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*''
A. smithersi''
(Lawrence, 1940) β Lesotho
*''
A. spenceri''
(Pocock, 1896) β South Africa
*''
A. sponsae''
(Lessert, 1933) β Congo,
Angola
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*''
A. stauntoni''
(Pocock, 1902) β St. Helena, South Africa
*''
A. stridulans''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. thornei''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. transvaalicus''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. tuckeri''
(Lawrence, 1940) β South Africa
*''
A. tugelanus''
(Lawrence, 1942) β South Africa
*''
A. whiteae''
(Pocock, 1902) β South Africa
See also
*
List of Selenopidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Selenopidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
''Amamanganops''
'' Amamanganops'' Crews & Harvey, 2011
* '' A. baginawa'' Crews & Harvey, 2011 ( type) β Philippines
''Anyphops''
...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Selenopidae
Spiders of Africa
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