Palpimanus aureus
Palpimanus aureus is a species of spider in the family Palpimanidae. It occurs in Namibia and South Africa.
Distribution
Palpimanus aureus is known from Namibia and South Africa. In South Africa, it is recorded from several localities in Limpopo.Habitat and ecology
The species is a free-living ground dweller sampled from the Savanna biome at altitudes ranging from 531 to 1245 m above sea level.Description
The species can be recognized by the red carapace, sternum, and mouth-parts, orange anterior pair of legs and the remaining legs yellow; abdomen dull golden, thickly covered with fine black hairs.The posterior median eyes are oblong, white, resembling those of Diaphorocellus, less than a short diameter apart. Front legs with tibia shorter than the patella and provided with club-shaped scopular setae on metatarsi and tarsi.