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Genus: Palaestina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Palaestina eremica Levy, 1992

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025882

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Described:

Distribution: Egypt, Israel

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Natural History Collections, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel m (14250) - (Levy, 1992)
Paratype: National Natural History Collections, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel 1f (14251) - (Levy, 1992)

Taxonomic References

Palaestina eremica Levy, 1992: 74, f. 19-26 (Dmf) Original description

Palaestina eremica Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025: 33, f. 23A-D, 24A-D (mf)

References

Levy, G. (1992). The spider genera Palaestina, Trygetus, Zodarion and Ranops (Araneae, Zodariidae) in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East. Israel Journal of Zoology 38: 67-110. -- Show included taxa

Shafaie, S., Pekár, S. & Seyyar, O. (2025). New data on zodariid spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. European Journal of Taxonomy 1016: 1-139. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1016.3063 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2025-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Shafaie, Pekár & Seyyar, 2025
2022-03-01	Species distribution update	Levy, 1992	Old value