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      Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya

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      African Invertebrates
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          A new genus and three new species of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 from Kenya are described. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, gen. nov. is close to Sarascelis Simon, 1887 and Scelidocteus Simon, 1907 but differs in the structure of the male palp. The new species reported are Sceliscelis marshi Oketch & Li, sp. nov., Scelidocteus taitave Oketch & Li, sp. nov., and Hybosida machondogo Oketch & Li, sp. nov. Sceliscelis marshi sp. nov. is described from males and females collected from Tsavo in south Kenya. Scelidocteus taitave sp. nov. can be distinguished from other congeners, as well as from the morphologically similar Scelidomachus socotranus Pocock, 1899, by the shape of the palpal “conductor”. Hybosida machondogo sp. nov. differs from other six-eyed Hybosida spp. by possessing rudimentary posterior median eyes.

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          Araignées du Congo recueillies au cours de l'expédition organisée par l'American Museum (1909-1915). 4ème et dernière partie

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            On Levymanus, a remarkable new spider genus from Israel, with notes on the Chediminae (Araneae, Palpimanidae)

            Abstract Levymanus gershomi gen. n. et sp. n., is described from southern Israel. The eye arrangement and structure of the male palp indicate that this genus belongs to Chediminae Simon, 1893. Levymanus gen. n. differs from other chedimine genera by its unusually long and slender legs, an elongate body, a unique shape of the bipartite thoracic fovea, reduced leg scopulae, smaller spinnerets, and other characters, which are presumably apomorphic. We propose two taxonomic changes: 1) based on widely spaced lateral eyes the Western African genus Badia Roewer, 1961 is transferred from Chediminae to Palpimaninae, and 2) Fernandezina gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 from China, based on palpal morphology, is transferred to the Asian genus Steriphopus Simon, 1887 for a new combination Steriphopus gyirongensis (Hu & Li, 1987) comb. n.
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              Redescription of the monotypic genus Scelidomachus Pocock, 1899 (Aranei: Palpimanidae) and its type species

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                Journal
                African Invertebrates
                AI
                Pensoft Publishers
                2305-2562
                1681-5556
                July 28 2020
                July 28 2020
                : 61
                : 2
                : 93-106
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                10.3897/afrinvertebr.61.54004
                3466de7d-b9e9-4631-812d-934f08443ad6
                © 2020

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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