| Murraysburg rain spider | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Palystes |
| Species: | P. lunatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Palystes lunatus | |
Palystes lunatus is a spider species in the family Sparassidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Murraysburg rain spider. [3]
Palystes lunatus was originally described with the type specimen only labelled as South Africa. According to Croeser, the species may be restricted to a relatively small locality, probably somewhere in the montane interior of the Eastern Cape Province. [3]
Nothing is known about the habitat or ecology of this species. [3]
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Palystes lunatus is listed as Data Deficient by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. The species is known only from a single unspecified site in South Africa. The status of the species remains obscure. Some more sampling is needed to collect the male and to determine the species' range. [3]
Palystes lunatus was originally described by Pocock in 1896. The species was revised by Croeser in 1996, and is known from only the female. [3]
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