Biology:Palystella

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Palystella
Palystella sp.jpg
Scientific classification e
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
Species

4, see text

Palystella is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1928.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Palystella Lawrence, 1928. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3135. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. 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. 

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