Palfuria harpago

Palfuria harpago is a spider species of the family Zodariidae.

Palfuria harpago
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Palfuria
Species:
P. harpago
Binomial name
Palfuria harpago
Szüts & Jocqué, 2001[1]

Etymology

The species name harpago means harpoon in Latin. It refers to the shape of the dorsal tibial apophysis as seen from the dorsolateral side.[2]

Distribution

P. harpago is only known from Ovamboland, Namibia.[2]

References

  1. "Taxon details Palfuria harpago Szüts & Jocqué, 2001", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-06-12
  2. Szüts, T. & Jocqué, R. (2001), "A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Palfuria (Araneae, Zodariidae)" (PDF), Journal of Arachnology, 29 (2): 205–219, retrieved 2017-06-12


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