Palfuria gladiator

Taxobox
name = "Palfuria gladiator"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Zodariidae
genus = "Palfuria"
species = "P. gladiator"
binomial = "Palfuria gladiator"
binomial_authority = Szüts & Jocqué, 2001

"Palfuria gladiator" is a spider species of the Zodariidae family.

Etymology

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

Distribution

"P. gladiator" is only known from 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]