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Palfuria harpago

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Palfuria harpago
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Palfuria
Species:
P. harpago
Binomial name
Palfuria harpago
Szüts & Jocqué, 2001[1]

Palfuria harpago is a spider species of the family Zodariidae.[2]

Etymology

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The species name harpago means harpoon in Latin. It refers to the shape of the dorsal tibial apophysis as seen from the dorsolateral side.[3]

Distribution

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P. harpago is only known from Ovamboland, Namibia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Taxon details Palfuria harpago Szüts & Jocqué, 2001", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-06-12
  2. ^ "ADW: Palfuria: CLASSIFICATION".
  3. ^ a b Szüts, T. & Jocqué, R. (2001), "A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Palfuria (Araneae, Zodariidae)" (PDF), Journal of Arachnology, 29 (2): 205–219, doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0205:AROTAS]2.0.CO;2, retrieved 2017-06-12