Protopalpus is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Protopalpus kurku. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2021,[2] and it has only been found in Thailand.[1]

Protopalpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Protopalpus
Tanasevitch, 2021[1]
Species:
P. kurku
Binomial name
Protopalpus kurku
Tanasevitch, 2021[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Protopalpus Tanasevitch, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. ^ Tanasevitch, A. V. (2021). "New taxa and faunistic data on linyphiid spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Southeast Asia". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 69: 212–218. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2021-0017.