Palfuria

Taxobox
name = "Palfuria"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Zodariidae
genus = "Palfuria"
genus_authority = Simon, 1910
diversity_link = List of Zodariidae species#Palfuria
diversity = 9 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Palfuria" is a spider genus of the Zodariidae family. 9 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.

pecies

* "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. [http://americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v29_n2/arac_29_02_0205.pdf PDF]