Palpimanus punctatus (lat.) Is a species of spiders of the genus Palpimanus of the family of tentacle spiders (Palpimanidae). First described by the Austrian arachnologist Erich Kreacher in 1996 [1] .
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Distribution
Endemic of Malta [1] . It lives under the stones [2] .
Description
Only females are known [2] .
The body length of females is about 7.6 mm [2] .
The cephalothorax is oval, about 3.1 cm long, of a uniform red-brown color, covered with white hairs [2] .
The opistosome (abdomen) is oval, uniformly beige, covered with dark hairs [2] .