Anyphops lawrencei ( Roewer, 1951 )

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 : 1384-1386

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scientific name	Anyphops lawrencei ( Roewer, 1951 )
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Anyphops lawrencei ( Roewer, 1951) View in CoL

( Figure 1a–f View Figure 1 ; Map 1 View Map 1 )

Selenops pusillus Lawrence 1949, p 30 . Female holotype and male paratype from South Africa, Zululand , deposited in NM 3889, examined.

Selenops lawrencei Roewer 1951, p 448 .

Anyphops lawrencei: Benoit 1968, p 116 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. The median apophysis of the palp of the male of A. lawrencei ( Figure 1e View Figure 1 ) closely resembles that of A. natalensis , but it differs in complexity; the RTA of A. lawrencei is characteristic because the ventral branch is well developed and almost similar in size with the dorsal branch ( Figure 1d View Figure 1 ). The female of A. lawrencei shares with A. ngome n. sp. and A. parvulus the presence of a middle field, but the general shape of the epigynum of A. lawrencei is unique because the sclerotized area is only around the genital openings ( Figure 1b View Figure 1 ). Anyphops lawrencei shares with A. lucia n. sp. the presence of two prolateral dark grey parallel lines limiting a pale and narrow band on Fe IV, but A. lawrencei also has it on Fe III ( Figure 1a View Figure 1 ). The colour pattern of the opisthosoma ( Figure 1a, f View Figure 1 ) is also characteristic.

Female holotype. Total body length 5.78. Prosoma 2.40 length, 2.96 width. Eye sizes: AME 0.16, ALE 0.11, PME 0.19, PLE 0.25. Opisthosoma 3.23 length, 2.48 width. Leg formula 4321. Leg spination: Fe I –IV p1.1.1, d1.1.1, r1.1.1; Tib I –II v2.2.2.2, III v2.0.2.0; IV v2.0.2.0, r1.1.0; Mt I – III v2.2.2, IV v2.2.2, r1.1.0. Prosoma orange-brown with lateral dark grey markings as in Figure 1a View Figure 1 . Chelicerae orange-brown; legs pale orange-brown with markings on femora I–II forming two incomplete rings and femora III –IV with two prolateral dark grey parallel lines limiting a pale and narrow band. Dorsum of opisthosoma dark brown with yellowish spots as in Figure 1a View Figure 1 , and a typical posterior transversal light band. Venter of the opisthosoma light grey. Epigynum and internal structures as in Figure 1b, c View Figure 1 .

Male paratype. Total body length 5.70. Prosoma 2.50 length, 2.75 width. Eye sizes: AME 0.15, ALE 0.10, PME 0.23, PLE 0.30. Opisthosoma 3.20 length, 2.50 width. Leg formula 4321. Leg spination: the same of the female except by the addition of the following spines: Fe III v1.0.1; IV v2.2.0; Pat I –IV p1.0, d1.1; Tib I –IV p1.1.0, r1.1.0, Tib II – III d1.1.0, Tib

IV d2.1.1; Mt I–III p1.1.1, r1.1.1, Mt IV p1.1.0, r1.1.0. Colour of the body, legs and chelicerae similar to female ( Figure 1f View Figure 1 ). Palp of male as in Figure 1d, e View Figure 1 .

Additional material. South Africa: Free State, Bethlehem District, Qwa Qwa National Park, Avondrust-Suid (28 ° 299S, 28 ° 429E), under stone, one male, 25 October 1999, coll. L. Lotz, NMBA 6996 View Materials . KwaZulu-Natal, Hluhluwe Game Reserve (28 ° 029S 32 ° 179E), one female, June 1939, coll. R . Attwell , SAM 2364 View Materials (B9991).

Distribution. South Africa: Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.