Diploglena
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Diploglena is a spider genus with one single species, 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 recognised 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.
