N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Platyscelum 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.
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Last updated: 2025-09-29
Species counts
ACCEPTED: 43
SYNONYM: 2
NOMEN DUBIUM: 1
Taxonomic Reference
Original description
Dufour,
1820a: 364
type Palpimanus gibbulus Dufour, 1820; gender masculine
