Palpimanus aureus
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| Palpimanus aureus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Palpimanidae |
| Genus: | Palpimanus |
| Species: | P. aureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Palpimanus aureus | |
Palpimanus aureus is a species of spider in the family Palpimanidae.[2] It occurs in Namibia and South Africa.[3]
Palpimanus aureus is known from Namibia and South Africa. In South Africa, it is recorded from several localities in Limpopo.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Description
The species can be recognized by the red carapace, sternum, and mouth-parts, orange anterior pair of legs and the remaining legs yellow; abdomen dull golden, thickly covered with fine black hairs.[3]
The posterior median eyes are oblong, white, resembling those of Diaphorocellus, less than a short diameter apart. Front legs with tibia shorter than the patella and provided with club-shaped scopular setae on metatarsi and tarsi.[3]
