7b Scutellum lacking marginal macrosetae; female face lacking silvery setae. Illustrations - Hypopygium (Figs 10-12), T2 (Fig. 37), Distribution (Fig. 49)....

arachnoides Oldroyd

Synonymy: Anypodetus arachnoides Oldroyd, 1974: 92 .

Material examined: BOTSWANA: 5♂, Farmer’s Brigade, 5 km SE Serowe, SE2226BD, 25.xi.1983 - 30.iii.1985 - 21.xi.1985 - xii.1985 - iii.1986, P Forchhammer, Malaise trap; 3♀, Serowe, 21.xii.1982 - 22.xii.1982 - 15.ii.1983, Forchhammer; 1♂, Maxwee [19 ° 28'S: 23 ° 40'E], xi.1975, R Russell -Smith, Grassland; 2♀, Maxwee, 19.xii.1975, R Russell -Smith, Flood plain; NAMIBIA: 2♂ 1♀, Katima Mulilo [17 ° 30'S: 24 ° 16'E], E Caprivi, 20-28.x.1970, A Strydom; 1♂ 1♀ 1?, Kaross [19 ° 30'S: 14 ° 20'E], ii.1925, Mus. Exped. (SAMC); 1♂, Gr [? = Grootfontein], SWA, xii.1963, v. Teichm. [illegible]; SOUTH AFRICA: 5♂ 7♀, 6 km N Vivo, 2229CC, 23- 24.ii.1980, Londt & Schoeman, Bushveld veget & old lands [1♀ - SANC]; 1♂, Messina Nature Res., 22.22S 30.02E, 554 m, 11-12.ii.1985, MW Mansell [SANC]; 5♂ 6♀, Soutpan, Soutpansberge, 2229CD, 23-24.ii.1980, Londt & Schoeman, Bushveld vegetation; 1♀, Zoutpan [23 ° 10'S: 28 ° 25'E], Zpbg [= Zoutpansberg Mountains], 15-30.xi.1932, G van Son [Engel labeled this fasciatus]; 3♂, Nylsvley Reserve [24 ° 39'S: 28 ° 42'E], Naboomspruit, 13.x.1976 (2♂) - 28.xi.1978 (♂), P. Ferrar; 1♂ 1♀, 14 km S Hotazel, 27 ° 19'S: 22 ° 54'E, 1050 m, 14.iii.1991, Londt & Whittington, Ga -Mogara River bed; 1♀, 8 km W Olifantshoek, 27 ° 56'S: 22 ° 40'E, 1550 m, 15.iii.1991, Londt & Whittington, Flat grassy plain; 1♂, 5 km W Olifantshoek, 27 ° 57'S: 22 ° 42'E, 1350 m, 15.iii.1991, Londt & Whittington, Acacia –Zizyphus veld; 1♀, 45 km NE Priska, 29 ° 33'S: 23 ° 07'E, 1050 m, 19.iii.1991, Londt & Whittington, Grassland & Acacia; ZIMBABWE: 1♂, Hillside [17 ° 50'S: 31 ° 05'E], 24.xi.1922, Swinburne & Stevenson; 1♀, Sawmills [19 ° 35'S: 28 ° 02'E],, 26.xii.1923, R Stevenson (SAMC); 1♀, Bulawayo [20 ° 09'S: 28 ° 35'E], xii.1922, Dr Arnold; 1♂ 3♀, Bulawayo, 4.xi. & 11.xii.1923 & 3.i.1924, R Stephenson (SAMC); 1♂ Paratype, ‘ Sabi Valley [20 ° 25'S: 32 ° 05'E] / Rhod / 18/11/71 ’.

Type material not seen: Holotype (sex not stated), Zimbabwe, Sawmills, 11.11.20, (collector unknown) BMNH. I have seen a male paratype and other material from Zimbabwe. Oldroyd (1974) also records the species from Chilanga, Zambia.

A. arachnoides: Widespread, known from three climatic zones experiencing moderate to high temperatures and low to moderate summer rainfall.