Palfuria gladiator

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Palfuria gladiator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Palfuria
Species: P. gladiator
Binomial name
Palfuria gladiator
Szüts & Jocqué, 2001

Palfuria gladiator is a spider species of the Zodariidae family.

[edit] Etymology

The epitheton refers to the shape of the male carapace and the big tarsal claw on the male palp.

[edit] Distribution

P. gladiator is only known from Namibia.

[edit] 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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