On the revisited types of four poorly known African species of Palpimanus (Araneae, Palpimanidae)

By

Zonstein, Sergei L.
Marusik, Yuri M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-5-17

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

60

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

83--95

Subjects

Aranei , Namibia , Rwanda , South Africa , Spiders , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.60.34229

 

Abstract

Based on the types deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Germany), the following African species of Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 are re-examined and redescribed in details: P.namaquensis Simon, 1910 (South Africa, Namibia), P.nubilus Simon, 1910 (Namibia), P.paroculus Simon, 1910 (South Africa, Namibia) and P.processiger Strand, 1913 (Rwanda). The distribution of the considered species is specified and the erroneously interpreted geographical data, previously presented in the World Spider Catalog (2019), are corrected.