Palfuria

Palfuria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Palfuria Simon, 1910
Species
See text.
Diversity
9 species

Palfuria is a spider genus of the Zodariidae family. 9 species from Africa have been described to date.

Distribution

Five species (P. retusa, P. spirembolus, P. gladiator, P. panner, P. harpago) are known from the southwestern part of the continent, the other species (P. gibbosa, P. helichrysorum, P. hirsuta, P. caputlari) from the eastern part. The last species is from as far north as northern Tanzania. As in many other genera, there is a tendency for the embolus to increase in length. Both the most basal (Palfuria panner) and the most derived species (Palfuria spirembolus) are found in Namibia.

Species

• Palfuria caputlari Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Tanzania)
• Palfuria gibbosa (Lessert, 1936) (Mozambique)
• Palfuria gladiator Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Namibia)
• Palfuria harpago Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Namibia)
• Palfuria helichrysorum Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Malawi)
• Palfuria hirsuta Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 Zambia)
• Palfuria panner Jocqué, 1991 (Namibia)
• Palfuria retusa Simon, 1910 (South Africa)
• Palfuria spirembolus Szüts & Jocqué, 2001 (Namibia)

References

• Szüts, T. & Jocqué, R. (2001). A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Palfuria (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of Arachnology 29(2):205–219. PDF