Diphya simoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Metainae
Genus: Diphya
Species: Diphya simoni

Name

Diphya simoni Kauri, 1950

Type locality: South Africa, Mpumalanga: Kruger National Park, Pretoriuskop Camp.

Holotype: ZMLU. female ♀. 04.XI.1948.

Synonymy

• Diphya tanikawai Marusik, 2017: 135 (synonymized by Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020: 266)
  • Type locality: South Africa, Western Cape: Cape Town, Table Mt., Platteklip Gorge, 33.9608°S, 18.408307°E.
    • Holotype: NCA. female ♀. 29.i.2017. legit Y.M. Marusik.

References

Primary references

• Kauri, H. 1950. On some South African spiders and harvest-spiders. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar (Proceedings of the Royal Physiographic Society at Lund). 20(6): 1–16. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Marusik, Yu.M. 2017a. A review of Diphya (Aranei: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa. Arthropoda Selecta 26(2): 133–138. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Omelko, M.M., Marusik, Yu.M. & Lyle, R. 2020. A survey of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 4899(1): 259–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.14. . Reference page.