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Palfuria gladiator
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Palfuria
Species:	P. gladiator
Binomial name
Palfuria gladiator Szüts & Jocqué, 2001

Palfuria gladiator is a spider species of the family Zodariidae.

The epithet refers to the shape of the male carapace and the big tarsal claw on the male palp.

P. gladiator is only known from Namibia.

• Szüts, T. & Jocqué, R. (2001). A revision of the Afrotropical spider genus Palfuria (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of Arachnology 29(2):205–219. PDF