Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Zodaroidea
Familia: Zodariidae
Subfamilia: Zodariinae
Genus: Palfuria
Species: P. caputlari – P. gibbosa – P. gladiator – P. harpago – P. helichrysorum – P. hirsuta – P. panner – P. retusa – P. spirembolus
Name
Palfuria Simon, 1910
Type species: Palfuria retusa Simon, 1910
Synonyms
Hermipella Lessert, 1936
References
Szüts, T. & R. Jocqué. 2001. A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Palfuria (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of Arachnology 29 (2): 205–219. PDF
Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
Palfuria is a spider genus of the family Zodariidae of which nine species from Africa have been described to date.
Distribution
Five species (P. retusa, P. spirembolus, P. gladiator, P. panner, P. harpago) are known from the southwestern part of the continent, the other species (P. gibbosa, P. helichrysorum, P. hirsuta, P. caputlari) from the eastern part. The last species is from as far north as northern Tanzania. As in many other genera, there is a tendency for the embolus to increase in length. Both the most basal (Palfuria panner) and the most derived species (Palfuria spirembolus) are found in Namibia.
Species
Palfuria caputlari Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Tanzania)
Palfuria gibbosa (Lessert, 1936) (Mozambique)
Palfuria gladiator Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Namibia)
Palfuria harpago Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Namibia)
Palfuria helichrysorum Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Malawi)
Palfuria hirsuta Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 Zambia)
Palfuria panner Jocqué, 1991 (Namibia)
Palfuria retusa Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
Palfuria spirembolus Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Namibia)
References
Szüts, T. & Jocqué, R. (2001). A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Palfuria (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of Arachnology 29(2):205–219. PDF
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