Tags: Arachnid.
Palystes is a genus of huntsman spiders commonly called rain spiders or lizard-eating spiders occurring in Africa India Australia and the Pacific. The most common and widespread species is P. superciliosus found in South Africa home to 12 species in the genus. The name Palystes is derived from either the Latin palaestes or the Greek palaistes meaning wrestler. The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.
