''Chedima'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of Moroccan
palp-footed spiders containing the single species, ''Chedima purpurea''. It was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1873,
and is only found in
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
.
See also
*
List of Palpimanidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Palpimanidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Anisaedus''
''Anisaedus'' Simon, 1893
* ''Anisaedus aethiopicus, A. aethiopicus'' Tullgren, 1910 — Tanzania
* ''Anisaedus gaujo ...
References
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Palpimanidae
Spiders of Africa
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