Palystes castaneus

Tags: Arachnid.

Palystes castaneus is a species of huntsman spider found in South Africa. It is common from Cape Town to Heidelberg Western Cape especially in forested areas. In scrub outside forested areas it is replaced by Palystes superciliosus. It occurs mainly on plants where it hunts insects. It has a body length of 17–22 mm. P.

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binomial authority

Pierre André Latreille

class

Arachnid

family

Huntsman spider

genus

Palystes

kingdom

Animal

order

Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

* Ocypete melanogaster, * Ocypete nobilis, * Olios castaneus, * Olios fuscus, * Olios melanogaster, * Palystes chaperi, * Palystes frenatus, * Thomisus castaneus