Diaphorocellus
Appearance
Diaphorocellus | |
---|---|
Diaphorocellus isalo | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Palpimanidae |
Genus: | Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893[1] |
Type species | |
D. biplagiatus Simon, 1893
| |
Species | |
Diaphorocellus is a genus of African palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2]
Species
[edit]As of March 2020[update], the genus contains six species, found in Botswana, Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa, and Namibia:[1][3]
- Diaphorocellus albooculatus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
- Diaphorocellus biplagiatus Simon, 1893 (type) – South Africa
- Diaphorocellus helveolus (Simon, 1910) – Botswana
- Diaphorocellus isalo Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
- Diaphorocellus jocquei Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
- Diaphorocellus rufus (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Simon, Eugène (1893). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Zonstein, Sergei L.; Marusik, Yuri M. (2020). "Two new species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 from Madagascar (Araneae, Palpimanidae)". African Invertebrates. 61 (1): 1–15. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.47048. ISSN 2305-2562.