title: Rafalus
text: # Rafalus
  
  Rafalus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1999.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of August 2019 it contains twelve species, found only in Africa and Asia:
  
  * 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
  