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Genus: Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 | Family: Palpimanidae Thorell, 1869

Palpimanus paroculus Simon, 1910

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005601

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Described:

Distribution: Namibia, South Africa

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany f (14211) - (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a)
Paralectotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany f (14210) - (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a)

Taxonomic References

Palpimanus paroculus Simon, 1910b: 179 (Df) Original description

Palpimanus paroculus Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a: 89, f. 17-29 (f)

Palpimanus paroculus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025d: 25, f. 1-12 (f)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Uys, W., Roux, C. & Webb, P. (2025d). The Komaggas palp footed spider Palpimanus paroculus Simon, 1910 from South Africa (Araneae: Palpimanidae). SANSA Newsletter 55: 25-27. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17212269 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1910b). Arachnoidea: Araneae (II.). In: Schultze, L. (ed.) Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Vierter Band. Systematik und Tiergeographie. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 175-218. -- Show included taxa

Zonstein, S. L. & Marusik, Y. M. (2019a). On the revisited types of four poorly known African species of Palpimanus (Araneae, Palpimanidae). African Invertebrates 60(1): 83-95. doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.34229 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-09-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2025d
2019-05-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a
2019-05-18	Species distribution update	Zonstein & Marusik, 2019a	Old value