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

Sitamacho scabra (Simon & Fage, 1922)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005539

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Described:

Distribution: Kenya

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Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 3m - (Simon & Fage, 1922)

Taxonomic References

Hybosida scabra Simon & Fage, 1922: 536, f. 5(1-2) (Dm) Original description

Sitamacho scabra Wood et al., 2024: 22 (T from Hybosida)

References

Simon, E. & Fage, L. (1922). Biospeologica XLIV. Araneae des grottes de l'Afrique orientale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 60: 523-555. -- 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