Parapalystes

Parapalystes is a genus of South African huntsman spiders that was first described by P. M. C. Croeser in 1996.[2]

Parapalystes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Parapalystes
Croeser, 1996[1]
Type species
P. euphorbiae
Croeser, 1996
Species

5, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains five species, found in South Africa:[1]

  • Parapalystes cultrifer (Pocock, 1900)South Africa
  • Parapalystes euphorbiae Croeser, 1996 (type) – South Africa
  • Parapalystes lycosinus (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
  • Parapalystes megacephalus (C. L. Koch, 1845) – South Africa
  • Parapalystes whiteae (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Parapalystes Croeser, 1996". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Croeser, P. M. C. (1996). "A revision of the African huntsman spider genus Palystes L. Koch 1875 (Araneae: Heteropodidae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 37: 1–122.


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