Genus Palpimanus Dufour, 1820

Comments.

Palpimanus is the most species-rich genus in Palpimaninae, with 35 currently recognized species (WSC 2021). Although the Mediterranean species have been the subject of two revisions by Kulczyński (1909) and Platnick (1981), the genus remains poorly studied: male palps were illustrated very schematically and endogynes were not illustrated at all. Additionally, there is no proper terminology for the sclerites in the male palp; Platnick (1981) used the neuter terms ‘prong’ and ‘flange’ . Within Palpimaninae, the endogynes are very weakly sclerotized and difficult to observe, hence the lack of proper illustrations. The set of illustrations in Platnick (1981: figs 10-18) is very schematic and in some cases appears to be misinterpreted. Both new species found in Iran have male palps rather different from that of the type species ( P. gibbulus Dufour, 1820) and most likely belong to a different, currently undescribed genus.