Diaphractus

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon=Diaphractus

|authority=Purcell, 1907

|type_species=D. leipoldti

|type_species_authority=Purcell, 1907

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision={{Specieslist

|D. assimilis|Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa

|D. leipoldti|Purcell, 1907 – South Africa

|D. muticus|Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia}}

}}

Diaphractus is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.{{cite journal|last=Purcell|first=W. F.|year=1907|title=New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum.|journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History|pages=297–336|volume=20|issue=7|doi=10.1080/00222930709487339 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/2154792 }} {{as of|2023|12}}, it contains only three species: D. assimilis, D. leipoldti, and D. muticus.{{cite journal|title=Gen. Diaphractus Purcell, 1907|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2023-12-13|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/922|doi=10.24436/2}}