Diphya

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Diphya

| authority = Nicolet, 1849

| type_species = D. macrophthalma

| type_species_authority = Nicolet, 1849

| subdivision = 18, see text

}}

Diphya is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.{{citation| last=Nicolet| first=H.| year=1849| contribution=Aracnidos| editor-last=Gay| editor-first=C.| title=Historia física y política de Chile}} D. tanasevitchi and D. albulum were transferred from Lophomma in 2007.{{cite journal| last1=Marusik| first1=Y. M.| last2=Gnelitsa| first2=V. A.| last3=Koponen| first3=S.| year=2007| title=A survey of Holarctic Linyphiidae (Aranei). 4. A review of the erigonine genus Lophomma Menge, 1868| journal=Arthropoda Selecta| volume=15| pages=153–171}}

Species

{{as of|2021|03}} it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Africa, and South America:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Diphya Nicolet, 1849| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-11-10| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3277| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}

In synonymy:

  • D. bilineata Tullgren, 1901 = Diphya limbata Simon, 1896
  • D. brevipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
  • D. crassipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
  • D. longipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
  • D. pallida Tullgren, 1902 = Diphya limbata Simon, 1896
  • D. tanikawai Marusik, 2017 = Diphya simoni Kauri, 1950

See also

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