Palystella is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1928.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Palystella Lawrence, 1928[1] |
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| P. sexmaculata Lawrence, 1928
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Species
editAs of September 2019[update] it contains four species, all endemic to Namibia:[1]
- Palystella browni Lawrence, 1962
- Palystella namaquensis Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
- Palystella pallida Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
- Palystella sexmaculata Lawrence, 1928 (type) – Namibia
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Palystella Lawrence, 1928". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Lawrence, R. F. (1928). "Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa VII. Arachnida (Part 2)". Annals of the South African Museum. 25: 217–312.