Diploglena

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iDiploglena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Caponiidae
Genus: Diploglena
Purcell, 1904
Species: D. capensis
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Diploglena capensis
Purcell, 1904
Species

See text.

Diploglena is a spider genus with one single genus, Diploglena capensis that is endemic to South Africa and neighboring nations (such as Namibia. It is there also called two-eyed orange spider, although many other species in the family Caponiidae have only two eyes, and are orange.

There is one recognized subspecies, Diploglena capensis major Lawrence, 1928.

[edit] References

  • Purcell, W. F. (1904). Descriptions of new genera and species of South African spiders. Trans. S. Afric. phil. Soc. 15:115-173.
  • Lawrence, R. F. (1928). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa VII. Arachnida (Part 2). Ann. S. Afric. Mus. 25:217-312.