Palystella

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

Palystella
Scientific classification
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

Species

As of September 2019 it contains four species, found in Namibia:[1]

  • Palystella browni Lawrence, 1962 – Namibia
  • Palystella namaquensis Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
  • Palystella pallida Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
  • Palystella sexmaculata Lawrence, 1928 (type) – Namibia

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Palystella Lawrence, 1928". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. 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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