On the revisited types of four poorly known African species of Palpimanus (Araneae, Palpimanidae)
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 Afric...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2019-05-01
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| Series: | African Invertebrates |
| Online Access: | https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/article/34229/download/pdf/ |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1681-5556 2305-2562 |