Palpimanidae  Thorell, 1869 / Palpimanus  Dufour, 1820   10 species

Palpimanus uncatus Kulczyński, 1909

Description

Palp with a sharply pointed median prong. Prosoma 2.7-3.1 mm long.

Additional information

In dry grassland, Pinus forests, under stones or in litter.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Turkey, Egypt
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
Distribution List
Egypt   (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Lecigne S (2011) Inventaire aranéologique dans la Province d’Izmir (Turquie) (Arachnida, Araneae). Le bulletin d'Arthropoda 46: 5-83 pdf

Platnick N I (1981) A review of the spider subfamily Palpimaninae (Araneae, Palpimanidae), I. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 169-173 pdf

Townley M A (2024) Spinneret spinning field ontogeny and life history observations in the spider Palpimanus uncatus Kulczyński, 1909 (Araneae: Palpimanidae). Journal of Arachnology 52: 41-70 pdf

Tutar O, Yağmur E A (2023) Spider (Araneae) fauna of İzmir Peninsula (Çeşme, Karaburun, Urla), Türkiye. Serket 19: 197-222 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
31-10-2024 Image insert
31-10-2024 Distribution update Detail
08-05-2023 Image insert
08-05-2023 Distribution update Detail
28-07-2020 Image insert