Diphya
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Diphya
| 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}}
- Diphya albula (Paik, 1983) – Korea
- Diphya bicolor Vellard, 1926 – Brazil
- Diphya foordi Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya leroyorum Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya limbata Simon, 1896 – Chile, Argentina
- Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849 (type) – Chile
- Diphya okumae Tanikawa, 1995 – China, Korea, Japan
- Diphya pumila Simon, 1889 – Madagascar
- Diphya qianica Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
- Diphya rugosa Tullgren, 1902 – Chile
- Diphya simoni Kauri, 1950 – South Africa
- Diphya songi Wu & Yang, 2010 – China
- Diphya spinifera Tullgren, 1902 – Chile
- Diphya taiwanica Tanikawa, 1995 – Taiwan
- Diphya tanasevitchi (Zhang, Zhang & Yu, 2003) – China
- Diphya vanderwaltae Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya wesolowskae Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya wulingensis Yu, Zhang & Omelko, 2014 – China, Russia] (Far East)
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