''Diaphorocellus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of African
palp-footed spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
Species
, the genus contains six species, found in
Botswana
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,
Madagascar
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,
Tanzania
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,
South Africa
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, and
Namibia
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:
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Diaphorocellus albooculatus''
Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
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Diaphorocellus biplagiatus''
Simon, 1893 (
type) – South Africa
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Diaphorocellus helveolus''
(Simon, 1910) – Botswana
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Diaphorocellus isalo''
Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
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Diaphorocellus jocquei''
Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
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Diaphorocellus rufus''
( Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania
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
Araneomorphae genera
Palpimanidae
Spiders of Africa
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