Anyphops Benoit, 1968

Corronca, J. A., 2005, Re-description of the lycosiformis species group of Anyphops Benoit and description of two new species (Araneae, Selenopidae), Journal of Natural History 39 (17), pp. 1381-1393 : 1382-1384

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Anyphops Benoit, 1968 View in CoL View at ENA

Anyphops Benoit 1968, p 115 View in CoL . Type species: Selenops atomarius Simon, 1887 .

Diagnosis. Anyphops differs from other selenopid genera in the arrangement of the eyes, the number of ventral spines on tibiae I–II, the shape of the median apophysis of the male palp, the general structure of the female epigynum and the leg formulae. The anterior median eyes (AME) and posterior median eyes (PME) are in a strongly recurved line, with PME larger than AME. The posterior lateral eyes (PLE) are the largest, behind the anterior lateral eyes (ALE), the smallest. Leg IV.leg II and leg formulae, normally 4321. Tibiae I– II with four to seven pairs of ventral spines. Male palp with a retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) with two branches similar in size or the dorsal (dRTA) longer than the ventral branch (vRTA), in few cases one or both branches bifurcated. Median apophysis (ma) well developed and with different grades of complexity from a simple S-shape to twisted with several ending points. Female epigynum with a middle field reduced or well developed, represented by a depression or a septum, the lateral lobes of the epigynum well distinguished or not and, in very few cases, with slight secondary epigyneal pockets.

Description. Prosoma brown to reddish brown, usually with lateral dark bands or spots. Chelicerae brown to orange, normally with black or grey bands. Labium and sternum usually paler in colour. Opisthosoma normally grey or yellowish with brown or black dorsal defined patterns. Venter of the opisthosoma yellowish, without markings; lateral-posterior margins with dark spots, lines or bands. PLE largest, situated over a postero-lateral tubercle behind the ALE, the smallest. Prosoma wider than long or as wide as long. Chelicerae with distinct lateral condyles and cheliceral furrows, with three prolateral and two retrolateral teeth. Labium as wide as or wider than long. Sternum circular, sometimes slightly bifurcated in its posterior part. Palpi, usually with tibia longer than patella. Legs long, laterigrade, with the fourth pair longer than the second. Tarsi two-clawed; trichobothria on femora, tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi. Leg spination variable but femora I–IV with dorsal, prolateral and retrolateral spines, many whitish; tibiae I–II with v2.2.2.2, v2.2.2.2.2, v2.2.2.2.2.2, or v2.2.2.2.2.2.2 spines in B-B1, B-B2, B-B3, and B-B4 species groups, respectively ( Lawrence 1940; Benoit 1968; Corronca 1996a). Males with more spines than females. Anterior portion of the opisthosoma truncated. Palp of male with a retrolateral tibial apophysis with two branches, and sometimes the dorsal branch or both bifurcated. Cymbium elongated or rounded with dorsal cymbial scopula well developed, and sometimes the paracymbium too. Embolus long and slender, and the conductor sclerotized or hyaline. Median apophysis simple or complex but always well developed. Epigynum with middle field as a septum or a depression; lateral lobes of the epigynum either united or not in the midline, or absent; slight secondary epigyneal pockets present in very few cases; spermathecae and internal epigynal ducts simple or complex.

Key to the species of lycosiformis species group of Anyphops spiders ( A. lycosiformis , A. natalensis , A. parvulus , A. mumai , A. ngome n. sp., and A. lucia n. sp.)

1. Males...................... 2

– Females...................... 5

2. Median apophysis (ma) slender, simple with a sharp point ( Figure 2e View Figure 2 ); embolus slender and very long as in Figure 2d....... A View in CoL View Figure 2 . mumai (Corronca)

– Median apophysis large, wide, complex, or twisted as in Figures 1e View Figure 1 , 2k View Figure 2 , 3e View Figure 3 ; embolus shorter................... 3

3. Size of the ventral branch of RTA (vRTA) similar to dorsal branch of RTA (dRTA) as in Figure 1d View Figure 1 ; median apophysis twisted with many lobes as in Figure 1e View Figure 1 ; femora III–IV with two longitudinal dark lines limiting a narrow pale band ( Figure 1a View Figure 1 )............. A. lawrencei (Roewer) View in CoL

– vRTA smaller than dRTA as in Figures 2j View Figure 2 , 3d View Figure 3 ........... 4

4. Median apophysis with a narrow stem and three points at the tip as in Figure 3e View Figure 3 ; prosoma and nearly all the dorsal portion of the opisthosoma with a pale band ( Figure 3a View Figure 3 )................. A. ngome View in CoL n. sp.

– Median apophysis twisted, ending in two points ( Figure 2k View Figure 2 ); dorsal portion of the opisthosoma dark brown with four pale yellow oval spots ( Figure 2g View Figure 2 ).................... A. natalensis (Lawrence) View in CoL

5. Epigynum with middle field as a septum............ 6

– Epigynum with middle field as a depression........... 8

6. Epigynum reduced to one sclerotized area around genital openings as in Figure 1b View Figure 1 ; spermathecae as in Figure 1c.......... A View in CoL View Figure 1 . lawrencei (Roewer)

– Epigynum and spermathecae otherwise............. 7

7. Sub-pentagonal epigynum with a small, sub-triangular middle field ( Figure 3b View Figure 3 ); spermathecae as in Figure 3c View Figure 3 .......... Anyphops ngome View in CoL n. sp.

– Sub-pyramidal epigynum with anterior, ovoid and narrow middle field ( Figure 3g View Figure 3 ); spermathecae coiled as in Figure 3h.... A View in CoL View Figure 3 . parvulus (Pocock)

8. Epigynum with anterior genital openings ( Figure 2h View Figure 2 ), long copulatory ducts and thick spermathecae ( Figure 2i View Figure 2 )........ A. natalensis (Lawrence) View in CoL

– Epigynum with genital openings on the middle line ( Figures 1h View Figure 1 , 2b View Figure 2 ).... 9

9. Epigynum with a small depression, lateral lobes of the epigynum distinguished; short copulatory ducts and spermathecae as in Figure 2b....................... A View in CoL View Figure 2 . lycosiformis (Lawrence)

– Epigynum with a large depression, lateral lobes of the epigynum undistinguished; long copulatory ducts and spermathecae as in Figure 1i.... A View in CoL View Figure 1 . lucia n. sp.