''Palystella'' is a
genus
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of
huntsman spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1928.
Species
it contains four species, all
endemic
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to Namibia:
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Palystella browni''
Lawrence, 1962
*''
Palystella namaquensis''
Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
*''
Palystella pallida''
Lawrence, 1938 – Namibia
*''
Palystella sexmaculata''
Lawrence, 1928 (
type
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) – Namibia
See also
*
List of Sparassidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Sparassidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1383 species in 96 genera:
* '' † Sparassidae sp.'' Wunderlich, 2008c — Palaeogen Baltic amber
A ''Adcatomus''
'' Adcatomu ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Sparassidae
Spiders of Africa
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