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Diphya

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Diphya
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Diphya
Nicolet, 1849[1]
Type species
D. macrophthalma
Nicolet, 1849
Species

18, see text

Diphya is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.[2] D. tanasevitchi and D. albulum were transferred from Lophomma in 2007.[3]

Species

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As of March 2021 it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Africa, and South America:[1]

In synonymy:

  • D. bilineata Tullgren, 1901 = Diphya limbata Simon, 1896
  • D. brevipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
  • D. crassipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
  • D. longipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
  • D. pallida Tullgren, 1902 = Diphya limbata Simon, 1896
  • D. tanikawai Marusik, 2017 = Diphya simoni Kauri, 1950

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Diphya Nicolet, 1849". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. ^ Nicolet, H. (1849), "Aracnidos", in Gay, C. (ed.), Historia física y política de Chile
  3. ^ Marusik, Y. M.; Gnelitsa, V. A.; Koponen, S. (2007). "A survey of Holarctic Linyphiidae (Aranei). 4. A review of the erigonine genus Lophomma Menge, 1868". Arthropoda Selecta. 15: 153–171.