Palystella
Appearance
Palystella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Palystella Lawrence, 1928[1] |
Type species | |
P. sexmaculata Lawrence, 1928
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Species | |
4, see text |
Palystella is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1928.[2]
Species
[edit]As of September 2019[update] it contains four species, all endemic to Namibia:[1]
- Palystella browni Lawrence, 1962
- Palystella namaquensis Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
- Palystella pallida Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
- Palystella sexmaculata Lawrence, 1928 (type) – Namibia
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Palystella Lawrence, 1928". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Lawrence, R. F. (1928). "Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa VII. Arachnida (Part 2)". Annals of the South African Museum. 25: 217–312.