''Diaphorocellus'' is a

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of African palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Species

, the genus contains six species, found in

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

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Diaphorocellus albooculatus ''Diaphorocellus'' is a genus of African Palpimanidae, palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1893. Species , the genus contains six species, found in Botswana, Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa, an ...

'' Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia *'' Diaphorocellus biplagiatus'' Simon, 1893 ( type) – South Africa *'' Diaphorocellus helveolus'' (Simon, 1910) – Botswana *'' Diaphorocellus isalo'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar *'' Diaphorocellus jocquei'' Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar *'' Diaphorocellus rufus'' ( Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania

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Araneomorphae genera Palpimanidae Spiders of Africa {{Araneomorphae-stub

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