Sitamacho

Sitamacho
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Palpimanidae
Genus: Sitamacho
Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024[1]
Type species
S. tao
Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024
Species

4, see text

Sitamacho is a genus of spiders in the family Palpimanidae.[2]

Distribution

Sitamacho is distributed in East Africa.[2]

Description

Members of this genus have a body length of about 2 mm.[1]

Etymology

The genus name consists of Swahili sita (six) and macho (eyes).[1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes four species:[2]

  • Sitamacho lesserti (Berland, 1920) – Kenya
  • Sitamacho machondogo (Oketch & Li, 2020) – Kenya
  • Sitamacho scabra (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Kenya
  • Sitamacho tao Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024 – Tanzania

References

  1. ^ a b c Wood, H. M.; Kulkarni, S.; Ramírez, M. J.; Scharff, N. (2024). "Phylogeny and biogeography support ancient vicariance and subsequent dispersal out of Africa in Palpimanidae spiders (Araneae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202: 1–26. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae129.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Sitamacho Wood, Kulkarni, Ramírez & Scharff, 2024". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.


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