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Genus: Sitamacho Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024 | Family: Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Sitamacho lesserti (Berland, 1920)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005537

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Described:

Distribution: Kenya

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m - (Berland, 1920a)

Taxonomic References

Hybosida lesserti Berland, 1920a: 347, f. 2-3 (Dm) Original description

Hybosida lesserti Berland, 1920c: 109, f. 128-133 (m)

Sitamacho lesserti Wood et al., 2024: 22, f. 7A-B, E (m, T from Hybosida)

References

Berland, L. (1920a). Diagnoses préliminaires d'araignées d'Afrique orientale. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel (1re note). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 24(19, 1919): 347-350. doi: 10.3406/bsef.1919.26518 -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. (1920c). Arachnides. Araneae (2e partie). In: Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats scientifiques. IV. L. Lhomme, Paris, pp. 95-180. -- Show included taxa

Wood, H. M., Kulkarni, S., Ramírez, M. J. & Scharff, N. (2024). Phylogeny and biogeography support ancient vicariance and subsequent dispersal out of Africa in Palpimanidae spiders (Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(2, zlae129): 1-26. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae129 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-11-08	New taxonomic reference entry	Wood et al., 2024
2024-11-08	Species transferred to new genus	Wood et al., 2024		Species transferred from Hybosida to Sitamacho