Palpimanoidea
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The Palpimanoidea or palpimanoids, also known as assassin spiders, are a group of araneomorph spiders, originally treated as a superfamily. As with many such groups, its circumscription has varied. As of September 2018, the following five families were included:Archaeidae
Huttoniidae
Mecysmaucheniidae
Palpimanidae
Stenochilidae
Zephyrarchaea grayi (Archaeidae), showing the "neck" and long chelicerae (bar = 1 mm)
Zearchaea clypeata (Mecysmaucheniidae), showing the less long "neck" and chelicerae
Boagrius sp. (Palpimanidae), showing the enlarged front legs (bar = 1 mm)
Palpimanidae
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Palpimanidae, also known as palp-footed spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, the Mediterranean and one in Uzbekistan, but not Australia. They are not common and there is a high degree of endemism.
Image: Palpimanidae Estereoscopio artropofauna hjarasca Colombia Atlántico Universidaddel Atlántico