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

Palystes lunatus Pocock, 1896

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

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Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK Palystes lunatus Pocock, 1896; f -

Taxonomic References

Palystes lunatus Pocock, 1896a: 60, pl. 8, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Palystes lunatus Croeser, 1996: 37, f. 37-38 (f)

Palystes lunatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022b: 44, 1 f. (f)

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. (1896a). Descriptions of some new South African spiders of the family Heteropodidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 17(97): 55-64, pl. 8. doi: 10.1080/00222939608680323 -- 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