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The wall crab spiders (family ''Selenopidae'') are members of a group of families collectively called crab spiders because of their laterigrade (sideways-moving) legs. This family consists of about 175 species in four genera, of which ''Selenops'' is the best known. The family is primarily tropical with the genus ''Anyphops'' confined to Sub-Saharan Africa and the genus ''Hovops'' confined to Madagascar. The spiders are very flat and are commonly found on walls or under rocks. They are quite agile and very difficult to capture. In addition their coloring makes them often quite difficult to see. Like almost all Entelegynae, they have eight eyes. At least one species of ''Garcorops'', ''G. jadis'', is known only from subfossil copal. ==Genera== * ''Anyphops'' (Africa, Madagascar) * ''Garcorops'' (Madagascar, Comoro Islands) * ''Hovops'' (Madagascar, Reunion) * ''Selenops'' (America, Asia, Africa, Mediterranean) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wall crab spider」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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