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