Sitamacho
| Sitamacho | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Palpimanidae |
| Genus: | Sitamacho Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. tao Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024
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Sitamacho is a genus of spiders in the family Palpimanidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Sitamacho is distributed in East Africa.[2]
Description
[edit]Members of this genus have a body length of about 2 mm.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name consists of Swahili sita (six) and macho (eyes).[1]
Species
[edit]As of January 2026[update], this genus includes four species:[2]
- Sitamacho lesserti (Berland, 1920) – Kenya
- Sitamacho machondogo (Oketch & Li, 2020) – Kenya
- Sitamacho scabra (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Kenya
- Sitamacho tao Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024 – Tanzania
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wood, H. M.; Kulkarni, S.; Ramírez, M. J.; Scharff, N. (2024). "Phylogeny and biogeography support ancient vicariance and subsequent dispersal out of Africa in Palpimanidae spiders (Araneae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (2) zlae129: 1–26. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae129.
- ^ a b c "Gen. Sitamacho Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
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