''Diploglena'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Caponiidae
Caponiidae is a family of ecribellate haplogyne spiders that are unusual in a number of ways. They differ from other spiders in lacking book lungs and having the posterior median spinnerets anteriorly displaced to form a transverse row with th ...
, first described by
William Frederick Purcell
William Frederick Purcell (18 September 1866 - 3 October 1919) was an English-born South African arachnologist and zoologist. He is regarded as being the founder of modern Arachnology, araneology in South Africa.
Early life and education
Pur ...
in 1904.
Species
it contains six species:
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Diploglena arida
''Diploglena'' is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Diploglena arida'' Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
*''Diploglena capensi ...
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Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
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Diploglena capensis
''Diploglena capensis'' is a species of spiders in the family Caponiidae found in South Africa
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Purcell, 1904 (
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) – South Africa
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Diploglena dippenaarae
''Diploglena'' is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.
Species
it contains six species:
*'' Diploglena arida'' Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
*'' Diploglena capens ...
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Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
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Diploglena karooica
''Diploglena'' is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.
Species
it contains six species:
*''Diploglena arida'' Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
*''Diploglena capensis ...
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Haddad, 2015 – Namibia, South Africa
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Diploglena major
''Diploglena major'' is a species of spider in the family Caponiidae
Caponiidae is a family of ecribellate haplogyne spiders that are unusual in a number of ways. They differ from other spiders in lacking book lungs and having the posterior ...
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Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
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Diploglena proxila
''Diploglena proxila'' is a species of araneomorph spider in the family Caponiidae.
Description
''Diploglena proxila'' has two eyes. The male holotype measures and the female paratype measures .
Distribution
The species is endemic to the W ...
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Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
References
Caponiidae genera
Caponiidae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by William Frederick Purcell
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