Sarascelis is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.[2]
| Sarascelis | |
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| S. chaperi male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Palpimanidae |
| Genus: | Sarascelis Simon, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. chaperi Simon, 1887
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of June 2019[update] it contains seven species, found only in Africa and Singapore:[1]
- Sarascelis chaperi Simon, 1887 (type) – Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau
- Sarascelis junquai Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
- Sarascelis kilimandjari (Berland, 1920) – Tanzania
- Sarascelis lamtoensis Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Sarascelis luteipes Simon, 1887 – Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Sarascelis raffrayi Simon, 1893 – Singapore, India?
- Sarascelis rebiereae Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Sarascelis Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Simon, E. (1887). "Etudes arachnologiques. 19e Mémoire. XXVII. Arachnides recueillis à Assinie (Afrique occidentale) par MM. Chaper et Alluaud". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 7 (6): 261–276.
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