Rafalus
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Rafalus
| image = Rafalus variegatus 35250553 cropped.jpg
| image_caption = Rafalus variegatus in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
| authority = Prószyński, 1999
| type_species = R. christophori
| type_species_authority = Prószyński, 1999
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 12, see text
}}
Rafalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1999.{{cite journal| last=Prószyński| first=J.| year=1999| title=Description of Rafalus gen. n. (Aranei: Salticidae), with special reference to the Near East fauna| journal=Arthropoda Selecta| pages=89–101| volume=8| author-link=Jerzy Prószyński}}
Species
{{as of|2019|08}} it contains twelve species, found only in Africa and Asia:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Rafalus Prószyński, 1999| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-12| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2924| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Rafalus arabicus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus christophori Prószyński, 1999 (type) – Egypt, Israel
- Rafalus desertus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus feliksi Prószyński, 1999 – Egypt, United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus insignipalpis (Simon, 1882) – Yemen (mainland, Socotra)
- Rafalus karskii Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
- Rafalus lymphus (Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994) – Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Yemen
- Rafalus minimus Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
- Rafalus nigritibiis (Caporiacco, 1941) – Ethiopia
- Rafalus stanislawi Prószyński, 1999 – Israel
- Rafalus variegatus (Kroneberg, 1875) – Iran, Central Asia
- Rafalus wittmeri (Prószyński, 1978) – Bhutan
References
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External links
- [http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/rafalus/insi-kph.htm Photograph of R. insignipalpis]
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Category:Invertebrates of the Middle East
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