Palpimanus | |
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Palpimanus paroculus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Palpimanidae |
Genus: | Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 [1] |
Type species | |
P. gibbulus Dufour, 1820 | |
Species | |
36, see text |
Palpimanus is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by L. Dufour in 1820. [2]
As of June 2019 [update] it contains thirty-six species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Argentina: [1]
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