''Diploglena'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
n
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...
spiders in the family
Caponiidae
Caponiidae is a family of ecribellate haplogyne spiders that are unusual in a number of ways. They differ from other spiders in lacking book lungs and having the posterior median spinnerets anteriorly displaced to form a transverse row with the a ...
, first described by
William Frederick Purcell
William Frederick Purcell (18 September 1866 - 3 October 1919) was an English-born South African arachnologist and zoologist. He is regarded as being the founder of modern araneology in South Africa.
Early life and education
Purcell was bor ...
in 1904.
Species
it contains six species:
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Diploglena arida
''Diploglena'' is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell
William Frederick Purcell (18 September 1866 - 3 October 1919) was an English-born South African arachnologist and ...
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Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
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Diploglena capensis''
Purcell, 1904 (
type) – South Africa
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Diploglena dippenaarae
''Diploglena'' is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.
Species
it contains six species:
*''Diploglena arida
''Diploglena'' is a genus of African araneomorph sp ...
''
Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
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Diploglena karooica
''Diploglena'' is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.
Species
it contains six species:
*''Diploglena arida'' Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
*'' Diploglena capensi ...
''
Haddad, 2015 – Namibia, South Africa
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Diploglena major''
Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
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Diploglena proxila''
Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
References
Araneomorphae genera
Caponiidae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by William Frederick Purcell
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