Palfuria harpago

Palfuria harpago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Zodariidae
Genus:Palfuria
Species: P. harpago
Binomial name
Palfuria harpago
Szüts & Jocqué, 2001[1]

Palfuria harpago is a spider species of the Zodariidae family.

Etymology

The species name harpago means harpoon in Latin. It refers to the shape of the dorsal tibial apophysis as seen from the dorsolateral side.[2]

Distribution

P. harpago is only known from Ovamboland, Namibia.[2]

References

  1. "Taxon details Palfuria harpago Szüts & Jocqué, 2001", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-06-12
  2. 1 2 Szüts, T. & Jocqué, R. (2001), "A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Palfuria (Araneae, Zodariidae)" (PDF), Journal of Arachnology, 29 (2): 205–219, retrieved 2017-06-12


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