Palpimanus

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Palpimanus
Palpimanus paroculus (10.3897-afrinvertebr.60.34229) Figures 17-20.jpg
Palpimanus paroculus
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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]

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Species

As of June 2019 it contains thirty-six species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Argentina: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Palpimanus Dufour, 1820". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Dufour, L. (1820). "Description de six arachnides nouvelles". Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 4: 355–366.