Sarascelis Explained

Sarascelis is a genus of palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species, found only in Africa and Singapore:^[2]

• Sarascelis chaperi Simon, 1887 (type) – Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau
• Sarascelis junquai Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast
• Sarascelis kilimandjari (Berland, 1920) – Tanzania
• Sarascelis lamtoensis Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast, Ghana
• Sarascelis luteipes Simon, 1887 – Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe
• Sarascelis raffrayi Simon, 1893 – Singapore, India?
• Sarascelis rebiereae Jézéquel, 1964 – Ivory Coast

See also

• List of Palpimanidae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1887. Etudes arachnologiques. 19e Mémoire. XXVII. Arachnides recueillis à Assinie (Afrique occidentale) par MM. Chaper et Alluaud. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 261–276. 7. 6. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Sarascelis Simon, 1887. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.