Parapalystes

Parapalystes is a genus of South African huntsman spiders that was first described by P. M. C. Croeser in 1996.^[2]

Parapalystes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Parapalystes Croeser, 1996[1]
Type species
P. euphorbiae Croeser, 1996
Species
5, see text

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains five species, found in South Africa:^[1]

• Parapalystes cultrifer (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
• Parapalystes euphorbiae Croeser, 1996 (type) – South Africa
• Parapalystes lycosinus (Pocock, 1900) – South Africa
• Parapalystes megacephalus (C. L. Koch, 1845) – South Africa
• Parapalystes whiteae (Pocock, 1902) – South Africa

See also

• List of Sparassidae species