Palpimanus
Palpimanus is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by Léon [Jean Marie Dufour] in 1820.
Description
Body size ranges from 6-13 mm total length. The carapace is sub-oval in outline and anteriorly truncated. The cephalic region is evenly rounded, sloping gently towards the thoracic region. The fovea is distinct and covered with a hard, coriaceous granular epidermis.
The eyes are eight in number arranged in two rows. The posterior row is straight or recurved with posterior median eyes usually closer to each other than to the laterals. The anterior median eyes are the largest of all the eyes.
The abdomen is ovate with cuticle often coriaceous, and the epigastric region is heavily sclerotised, forming a ring-shaped scutum extending dorsally to encircle the pedicel.
The anterior pair of legs are enlarged with femur I greatly expanded dorsally, and leg I is much stronger than the other three pairs. The patellae are elongated while the metatarsi and tarsi are reduced in size. A thick scopula with spatulate setae is present distally on the prolateral surface of the tibia, metatarsi and tarsi. The tarsal claws are dissimilar in size with anterior tarsi having extremely small claws that are larger on the posterior legs.
Species
, this genus includes 43 species:Palpimanus aegyptiacus Kulczyński, 1909 – Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, ChadPalpimanus argentinus Mello-Leitão, 1927 – ArgentinaPalpimanus armatus Pocock, 1898 – South AfricaPalpimanus aureus Reginald [Frederick Lawrence|Lawrence], 1927 – Namibia, South AfricaPalpimanus canariensis Kulczyński, 1909 – Canary IslandsPalpimanus capensis Simon, 1893 – South AfricaPalpimanus carmania Zamani & Marusik, 2021 – IranPalpimanus crudeni Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique, South AfricaPalpimanus cyprius Kulczyński, 1909 – Cyprus, Syria, IsraelPalpimanus denticulatus Hernández-Corral & Ferrández, 2017 – MoroccoPalpimanus garmiyanus Zamani & Marusik, 2024 – IraqPalpimanus gibbulus Dufour, 1820 – Mediterranean Palpimanus giltayi Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique, South AfricaPalpimanus globulifer Simon, 1893 – South AfricaPalpimanus godawan Tripathi & Sankaran, 2023 – IndiaPalpimanus hesperius Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and PríncipePalpimanus leppanae Pocock, 1902 – South AfricaPalpimanus logunovi Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023 – TajikistanPalpimanus lualabanus Benoit, 1974 – DR CongoPalpimanus maldhok Kuni, Tripathi & Sankaran, 2023 – IndiaPalpimanus maroccanus Kulczyński, 1909 – Morocco, AlgeriaPalpimanus meruensis Tullgren, 1910 – TanzaniaPalpimanus namaquensis Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South AfricaPalpimanus narsinhmehtai Prajapati, Hun & Raval, 2021 – IndiaPalpimanus nubilus Simon, 1910 – NamibiaPalpimanus orientalis Kulczyński, 1909 – Albania, Greece, TurkeyPalpimanus paroculus Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South AfricaPalpimanus persicus Zamani & Marusik, 2021 – IranPalpimanus potteri Lawrence, 1937 – South AfricaPalpimanus processiger Strand, 1913 – RwandaPalpimanus pseudarmatus Lawrence, 1952 – South AfricaPalpimanus punctatus Kritscher, 1996 – MaltaPalpimanus rakhimovi Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023 – UzbekistanPalpimanus schmitzi Kulczyński, 1909 – Syria, IsraelPalpimanus simoni Kulczyński, 1909 – Syria, Lebanon, IsraelPalpimanus sogdianus Charitonov, 1946 – UzbekistanPalpimanus stridulator Lawrence, 1962 – NamibiaPalpimanus subarmatus Lawrence, 1947 – South AfricaPalpimanus transvaalicus Simon, 1893 – South AfricaPalpimanus tuberculatus Lawrence, 1952 – South AfricaPalpimanus uncatus Kulczyński, 1909 – Greece, Turkey, EgyptPalpimanus vultuosus Simon, 1897 – IndiaPalpimanus wagneri Charitonov, 1946 – Uzbekistan