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Issue: Vol. 4899 No. 1: 30 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.14
Page range: 259–279
Abstract views: 207
PDF downloaded: 7

A survey of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa

Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia Far Eastern Federal University, Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Aquatic Organisms (LEEBAO), School of Natural Sciences, Vladivostok 690091, Russia
Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Portovaya Street 18, Magadan 685000, Russia Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, FI-20014, Finland
Biosystematics: Arachnology, ARC—Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa
Araneae Aranei spider Metainae Diphyaeni new species new synonym

Abstract

In this paper, five species of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 are recognized in the fauna of South Africa. Four of these species are new: D. foordi sp. nov. (♂♀), D. leroyorum sp. nov. (♂), D. vanderwaltae sp. nov. (♀) and D. wesolowskae sp. nov. (♂♀). The male of D. simoni Kauri, 1950 is described for the first time. Diphya tanikawai Marusik, 2017 syn. nov. was found to be a junior synonym of D. simoni. Descriptions with illustrations, photographs and SEM images are provided for all species. The relationship between the South African and the Neotropical Diphya species is briefly discussed.

 

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