Palpimanidae

Palp-footed spiders
Temporal range:
Female Diaphorocellus biplagiatus
Female Palpimanus paroculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Superfamily: Palpimanoidea
Family: Palpimanidae
Thorell, 1870
Diversity
20 genera, 182 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)
green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist)
Synonyms
  • Otiothopidae

Palpimanidae, also known as palp-footed spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, the Mediterranean and one in Uzbekistan, but not Australia. They are not common and there is a high degree of endemism.