The Maltese palpigrade (known as Il-Palpigrad ta’ Malta in Maltese) endemic to the Maltese Islands comes from the order Palpigradi a rather primitive order of arachnids. There are 80 species of palpigrade worldwide (see the article Palpigradi). They are small and eyeless with a long tail-like structure.
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