Anyphops

Anyphops
Anyphops sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Selenopidae
Genus:	Anyphops Benoit, 1968[1]
Type species
A. atomarius (Simon, 1887)
Species
64, see text

Anyphops is a genus of wall spiders that was first described by P. L. G. Benoit in 1968.[2]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains sixty-four species, found in Africa and on Saint Helena:[1]

• 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

References

1. "Gen. Anyphops Benoit, 1968". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
2. 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. 77: 113–141.