Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: the family name Palpimanidae (as Palpimaninae) and the name Otiothopidae Thorell, 1869: 43 (as Otiothopoidae, now a subfamily of Palpimanidae) are introduced in the same publication.

In synonymy:

Chersis Savigny, 1831 = Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 (Lucas, 1846: 135)

Eumechanus Gistel, 1848 = Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 (Gistel, 1848: X, superfluous replacement name)

Platyscelum Savigny, 1826 = Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 (Lucas, 1846: 135, together with Chersis)

Gen. Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00616
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Platyscelum Savigny, in Audouin, 1826: 167 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06079] (type P. savignyi Audouin, 1826 = Palpimanus gibbulus Dufour, 1820) and of its superflous replacement name Chersis Savigny, in Latreille, 1831: 542  [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06080] by Lucas, 1846: 135; another superfluous replacement name is Eumechanuns Gistel, 1848: X [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06081]; Platyscelum was thought to be preoccupied in Coleoptera by Platyscelis Latreille, 1818.

Transferred to other genera:

Palpimanus namratae (Pillai, 2006) -- see Sarascelis

In synonymy:

Palpimanus haematinus C. L. Koch, 1836 = Palpimanus gibbulus Dufour, 1820 (Lucas, 1846: 135)

Palpimanus savignyi (Audouin, 1826) = Palpimanus gibbulus Dufour, 1820 (Simon, 1873a: 151)

Nomen dubium:

Palpimanus sanguineus Strand, 1907a: 526, Strand, 1907n: 565 (f, South Africa) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 25

Palpimanus aegyptiacus Kulczyński, 1909 | | Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Chad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005582
Palpimanus aegyptiacus Kulczyński, 1909b: 675, pl. 26, f. 9, 15-16 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus aegyptiacus Platnick, 1981c: 171, f. 2, 11 (mf)
Palpimanus argentinus Mello-Leitão, 1927 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005583
Palpimanus argentinus Mello-Leitão, 1927a: 87, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus armatus Pocock, 1898 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005584
Palpimanus armatus Pocock, 1898c: 216, pl. 8, f. 11 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus armatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 10, 3 f. (m, f habitus)
Palpimanus aureus Lawrence, 1927 | j | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005585
Palpimanus aureus Lawrence, 1927: 23, pl. 2, f. 53 (Dj) Original description
Palpimanus canariensis Kulczyński, 1909 | | Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005586
Palpimanus maroccanus canariensis Kulczyński, 1909b: 672, pl. 26, f. 5 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus canariensis Platnick, 1981c: 172, f. 6, 15 (mf, elevated from subspecies)
Palpimanus canariensis Hernández-Corral & Ferrández, 2017: 40, f. 1a-c, 2d,f (m)
Palpimanus capensis Simon, 1893 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005587
Palpimanus capensis Simon, 1893a: 407, f. 370
Palpimanus capensis Simon, 1893e: 312 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 12, 4 f. (m)
Palpimanus carmania Zamani & Marusik, 2021 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053375
Palpimanus carmania Zamani & Marusik, 2021d: 114, f. 13A, 14A-B, 15A-C, 16E-G (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus crudeni Lessert, 1936 | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005588
Palpimanus crudeni Lessert, 1936: 224, f. 17-18 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus crudeni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 13, 6 f. (m)
Palpimanus cyprius Kulczyński, 1909 | | Cyprus, Syria, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005589
Palpimanus cyprius Kulczyński, 1909b: 671, pl. 26, f. 3 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus cyprius Platnick, 1981c: 172, f. 7, 16 (mf)
Palpimanus cyprius Le Peru, 2011: 309, f. 539 (mf)
Palpimanus denticulatus Hernández-Corral & Ferrández, 2017 | | Morocco urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049476
Palpimanus denticulatus Hernández-Corral & Ferrández, 2017: 38, f. 2b, e, 4a-b, 7a-h, 8a-j (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus denticulatus Naumova, 2023: 74, f. 3a-b (f)
Palpimanus gibbulus Dufour, 1820 | | Mediterranean, Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005590
Palpimanus gibbulus Dufour, 1820a: 364, pl. 69, f. 5 (D) Original description
Platyscelum savignyi Audouin, 1826: 167, pl. 7, f. 6-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059036]
Palpimanus haematinus C. L. Koch, 1836a: 21, f. 178-179 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059037]
Chersis gibbulus Walckenaer, 1837: 390 (Dmf)
Chersis savignyi Walckenaer, 1837: 391
Palpimanus gibbulus Lucas, 1846: 135, pl. 5, f. 1 (S of Palpimanus haematinus)
Eumechanus savignyi Gistel, 1848: X (generic replacement name for Platyscelum)
Palpimanus gibbulus Simon, 1873a: 151 (S of Palpimanus savignyi)
Palpimanus gibbulus Simon, 1893a: 407, f. 359, 369 (m)
Palpimanus gibbulus Kulczyński, 1909b: 672, pl. 26, f. 7, 12-15 (m)
Palpimanus gibbulus Platnick, 1981c: 171, f. 1, 10 (mf)
Palpimanus gibbulus Forster & Platnick, 1984: 76, f. 260-268, 296, 302 (f)
Palpimanus gibbulus Le Peru, 2011: 310, f. 540 (mf)
Palpimanus gibbulus Lecigne, 2016a: 113, f. 9G-H (m)
Palpimanus gibbulus Hernández-Corral & Ferrández, 2017: 40, f. 1d-f, 2a, 3 (m)
Palpimanus giltayi Lessert, 1936 | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005591
Palpimanus giltayi Lessert, 1936: 222, f. 15-16 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus giltayi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 14, 6 f. (m)
Palpimanus globulifer Simon, 1893 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005592
Palpimanus globulifer Simon, 1893e: 313 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus godawan Tripathi & Sankaran, 2023 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059147
Palpimanus godawan Tripathi & Sankaran in Tripathi et al., 2023f: 28, f. 1A-B, 2A-K, 3A-L, 4A-H, 5A-F, 6A-E (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus hesperius Simon, 1907 | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005593
Palpimanus hesperius Simon, 1907d: 244 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus leppanae Pocock, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005594
Palpimanus leppanae Pocock, 1902a: 18 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus logunovi Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023 | | Tajikistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059035
Palpimanus sogdianus Andreeva & Tystshenko, 1969: 382, f. 6 (m; misidentified per Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023: 259, most likely refers to P. logunovi or an undescribed species)
Palpimanus sogdianus Andreeva, 1976: 30, f. 31-32 (m; misidentified per Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023: 259, most likely refers to P. logunovi or an undescribed species)
Palpimanus logunovi Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023: 269, f. 5-6, 9-10, 15-22, 29-34, 51-52, 55, 58-61, 63 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus lualabanus Benoit, 1974 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005595
Palpimanus lualabanus Benoit, 1974b: 432, f. 14-19 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus maldhok Kuni, Tripathi & Sankaran, 2023 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059148
Palpimanus maldhok Kuni, Tripathi & Sankaran in Tripathi et al., 2023f: 36, f. 1C–F, 7A-K, 8A-L, 9A-H, 10A-F, 11A-E (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus maroccanus Kulczyński, 1909 | | Morocco, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005596
Palpimanus maroccanus Kulczyński, 1909b: 671, pl. 26, f. 4, 10 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus maroccanus Platnick, 1981c: 172, f. 5, 14 (mf)
Palpimanus maroccanus Hernández-Corral & Ferrández, 2017: 40, f. 1g-i, 2c, 4c (m)
Palpimanus meruensis Tullgren, 1910 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005597
Palpimanus meruensis Tullgren, 1910: 115, pl. 1, f. 30 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus namaquensis Simon, 1910 | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005598
Palpimanus namaquensis Simon, 1910b: 178 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus namaquensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a: 84, f. 1-6 (jf)
Palpimanus narsinhmehtai Prajapati, Hun & Raval, 2021 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053648
Palpimanus narsinhmehtai Prajapati, Hun & Raval, 2021: 542, f. 1-20 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus narsinhmehtai Tripathi et al., 2023f: 45, f. 12A-D (mf)
Palpimanus nubilus Simon, 1910 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005599
Palpimanus nubilus Simon, 1910b: 179 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus nubilus Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a: 86, f. 7-16 (f)
Palpimanus orientalis Kulczyński, 1909 | | Albania, Greece, Turkey urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005600
Palpimanus orientalis Kulczyński, 1909b: 674, pl. 26, f. 6, 17 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus orientalis Platnick, 1981c: 171, f. 3, 12 (mf)
Palpimanus orientalis Le Peru, 2011: 310, f. 541 (mf)
Palpimanus orientalis Seyyar, Harmanşah & Demir, 2018: 67, f. 2A-B, 3A-B (mf)
Palpimanus paroculus Simon, 1910 | | Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005601
Palpimanus paroculus Simon, 1910b: 179 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus paroculus Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a: 89, f. 17-29 (f)
Palpimanus persicus Zamani & Marusik, 2021 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053376
Palpimanus persicus Zamani & Marusik, 2021d: 118, f. 13B-C, 14C-F, 15D-F, 16A-D, 17A-F (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus potteri Lawrence, 1937 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005602
Palpimanus potteri Lawrence, 1937: 224, f. 5 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus potteri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 19, 4 f. (f)
Palpimanus processiger Strand, 1913 | | Rwanda urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005603
Palpimanus processiger Strand, 1913a: 335 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus processiger Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a: 91, f. 30-37 (m)
Palpimanus pseudarmatus Lawrence, 1952 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005604
Palpimanus pseudarmatus Lawrence, 1952a: 192, f. 18-19 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus pseudarmatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 20, 5 f. (m)
Palpimanus punctatus Kritscher, 1996 | | Malta urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005605
Palpimanus punctatus Kritscher, 1996: 125, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus punctatus Le Peru, 2011: 310, f. 542 (f)
Palpimanus rakhimovi Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023 | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059034
Palpimanus rakhimovi Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023: 262, f. 3-4, 7-8, 13-14, 26-28, 38-40, 49-50, 54, 57, 62 (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus schmitzi Kulczyński, 1909 | | Syria, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005607
Palpimanus schmitzii Kulczyński, 1909b: 670, pl. 26, f. 2 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus schmitzi Platnick, 1981c: 173, f. 8, 17 (mf)
Palpimanus simoni Kulczyński, 1909 | | Syria, Lebanon, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005608
Palpimanus simonii Kulczyński, 1909b: 669, pl. 26, f. 1 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus simoni Platnick, 1981c: 173, f. 9, 18 (mf)
Palpimanus sogdianus Charitonov, 1946 | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005609
Palpimanus sogdianus Charitonov, 1946: 22, f. 12-13 (Dmf; see also Charitonov, 1969: 72) Original description
Palpimanus sogdianus Marusik & Guseinov, 2003: 40, f. 12-14, 29-35 (mf; misidentified per Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023: 259, may refer to an underscribed species)
Palpimanus sogdianus Kunt, Yagmur & Tezcan, 2008: 58, f. 3 (f; misidentified per Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023: 259)
Palpimanus sogdianus Fomichev, Marusik & Zonstein, 2023: 259, f. 1-2, 11-12, 23-25, 35-37, 41-48, 53, 56 (mf)
Palpimanus stridulator Lawrence, 1962 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005610
Palpimanus stridulator Lawrence, 1962: 199, f. 1a-f (Dmf) Original description
Palpimanus subarmatus Lawrence, 1947 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005611
Palpimanus subarmatus Lawrence, 1947: 13, f. 6a-b (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus subarmatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 21, 6 f. (m)
Palpimanus transvaalicus Simon, 1893 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005612
Palpimanus transvaalicus Simon, 1893a: 407, f. 371
Palpimanus transvaalicus Simon, 1893e: 312 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus transvaalicus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 22, 5 f. (m)
Palpimanus tuberculatus Lawrence, 1952 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005613
Palpimanus tuberculatus Lawrence, 1952a: 193, f. 20-21 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus tuberculatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020p: 23, 2 f. (m)
Palpimanus uncatus Kulczyński, 1909 | | Greece, Turkey, Egypt urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005614
Palpimanus uncatus Kulczyński, 1909b: 675, pl. 26, f. 8, 11 (Dm) Original description
Palpimanus uncatus Platnick, 1981c: 172, f. 4, 13 (mf)
Palpimanus uncatus Le Peru, 2011: 310, f. 543 (mf)
Palpimanus uncatus Lecigne, 2011: 35, f. pp. 35-37 (mf)
Palpimanus uncatus Tutar & Yağmur, 2023: 211, f. 15A-D (mf)
Palpimanus vultuosus Simon, 1897 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005615
Palpimanus vultuosus Simon, 1897i: 291 (Df) Original description
Palpimanus wagneri Charitonov, 1946 | | Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005616
Palpimanus wagneri Charitonov, 1946: 22, f. 14 (Df; see also Charitonov, 1969: 73) Original description

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