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Rain Spiders

Palystes

Palystes is a genus of huntsman spiders, commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders, occurring in Africa, India, Australia, and the Pacific. The most common and widespread species is P. superciliosus, found in South Africa, home to 12 species in the genus. The name Palystes is derived from either the Latin palaestes or the Greek palaistes, meaning "wrestler". The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.

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20 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Rain Spider

speciesPalystes superciliosus

Cape Rainspider

speciesPalystes castaneus

Palystes johnstoni

speciesPalystes johnstoni

Cederberg Rain Spider

speciesPalystes martinfilmeri

Conebush Rainspider

speciesPalystes kreutzmanni

Leroy’s Rain Spider

speciesPalystes leroyorum

Karoo Rainspider

speciesPalystes karooensis

East Cape Rain Spider

speciesPalystes leppanae

Palystes pinnotheres

speciesPalystes pinnotheres

Palystes ellioti

speciesPalystes ellioti

Nieuwoudtville Rain Spider

speciesPalystes stuarti

Speckle Rainspider

speciesPalystes stilleri

Drab Rainspider

speciesPalystes perornatus

Palystes hoehneli

speciesPalystes hoehneli

Palystes convexus

speciesPalystes convexus

Palystes fornasinii

speciesPalystes fornasinii

Palystes reticulatus

speciesPalystes reticulatus

Palystes ansiedippenaarae

speciesPalystes ansiedippenaarae

Alpine Rainspider

speciesPalystes crawshayi

Moon Rainspider

speciesPalystes lunatus

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 347801.