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Palystes
(Rain Spiders)

Palystes, commonly known as Rain Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae. Palystes spiders have been sighted 0 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Palystes includes 0 countries and 0 states in the United States. Palystes is most often sighted during the month of .

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Sparassidae
  • Genus: Palystes

Other Common Names

Rain Spiders, Lizard-eating Spiders

Author

L. Koch, 1875