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Genus: Palystes L. Koch, 1875 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Palystes crawshayi Pocock, 1902

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa, Lesotho

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Neotype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa Palystes crawshayi Pocock, 1902, (14429); f -
Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Palystes crawshayi Pocock, 1902, (lost); f -

Taxonomic References

Palystes crawshayi Pocock, 1902a: 27 (Df) Original description

Palystes crawshayi Croeser, 1996: 39, f. 39-44 (f, Dm)

Palystes crawshayi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 39, 4 f. (mf)

References

Croeser, P. M. C. (1996). A revision of the African huntsman spider genus Palystes L. Koch 1875 (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 1-122. -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2022b). The Sparassidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 71 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6614498 -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1902a). Descriptions of some new species of African Solifugae and Araneae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 10(55): 6-27, pl. 2-3. doi: 10.1080/00222930208678627 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-06-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b
2022-06-05	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b	Old value