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Genus: Palystella

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthropoda > Arachnomorpha > Cheliceriformes > Chelicerata > Euchelicerata > Arachnida > Araneae > Araneomorpha > Family: Sparassidae (huntsman spiders)

Palystella is a Namibian endemic genus with four species (11-18 mm long).

Species native to southern Africa

Palystella browni

Lawrence, 1962

Namibia

 

Palystella namaquensis

Lawrence, 1938

Namibia

 

Palystella pallida

Lawrence, 1938

Namibia

 

Palystella sexmaculata

Lawrence, 1928

Namibia

 

Text by Norman Larsen ©