Palpimanidae
| Palp-footed spiders Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Male Sarascelis chaperi | |
| A spider in the family Palpimanidae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Palpimanoidea |
| Family: | Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 |
| Diversity | |
| 18 genera, 155 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.