Diphya

Diphya is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.^[2] D. tanasevitchi and D. albulum were transferred from Lophomma in 2007.^[3]

Species

As of March 2021 it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Africa, and South America:^[1]

• 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

See also

• Lophomma
• List of Tetragnathidae species

References