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Arid rain spiders
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Arid rain spiders

Parapalystes

Parapalystes is a genus of spiders in the Sparassidae family. It was first described in 1996 by Croeser. As of 2017, it contains 5 species, all from South Africa.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Parapalystes lycosinus

speciesParapalystes lycosinus

Grahamstown arid rain spider

speciesParapalystes cultrifer

Parapalystes megacephalus

speciesParapalystes megacephalus

Parapalystes euphorbiae

speciesParapalystes euphorbiae

Parapalystes whiteae

speciesParapalystes whiteae

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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 420724.