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Protopalpus

Protopalpus is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Protopalpus kurku. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2021, and it has only been found in Thailand.

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Length
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Protopalpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Protopalpus
Tanasevitch, 20211
Species:
P. kurku
Binomial name
Protopalpus kurku
Tanasevitch, 20211

Protopalpus is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Protopalpus kurku. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2021,2 and it has only been found in Thailand.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Protopalpus Tanasevitch, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. Tanasevitch, A. V. (2021). "New taxa and faunistic data on linyphiid spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Southeast Asia". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 69: 212–218. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2021-0017.