Palfuria harpago

Taxobox
name = "Palfuria harpago"


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

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

Etymology

The species name "harpago" means harpoon in Latin. It refers to the shape of the dorsal tibial apophysis as seen from the dorsolateral side.

Distribution

"P. harpago" is only known from Ovamboland, 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]