Sitamacho

Sitamacho
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Palpimanidae
Genus:	Sitamacho ; Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024
Type species
	S. tao ; Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024
Species
	4, see text

Last updated January 21, 2026

Sitamacho is a genus of spiders in the family Palpimanidae.^[2]

Distribution

Sitamacho is distributed in East Africa.^[2]

Description

Members of this genus have a body length of about 2 mm.^[1]

Etymology

The genus name consists of Swahili sita (six) and macho (eyes).^[1]

Species

As of January 2026^[update], this genus includes four species:^[2]

Sitamacho lesserti (Berland, 1920) – Kenya
Sitamacho machondogo (Oketch & Li, 2020) – Kenya
Sitamacho scabra (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Kenya
Sitamacho tao Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024 – Tanzania

References

1 2 3 Wood, H. M.; Kulkarni, S.; Ramírez, M. J.; Scharff, N. (2024). "Phylogeny and biogeography support ancient vicariance and subsequent dispersal out of Africa in Palpimanidae spiders (Araneae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202: 1–26. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae129.
1 2 3 "Gen. Sitamacho Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.

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[wood2024-1] 1 2 3 Wood, H. M.; Kulkarni, S.; Ramírez, M. J.; Scharff, N. (2024). "Phylogeny and biogeography support ancient vicariance and subsequent dispersal out of Africa in Palpimanidae spiders (Araneae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202: 1–26. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae129.

[wsc-2] 1 2 3 "Gen. Sitamacho Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.

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