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Diploglena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Caponiidae
Genus:	Diploglena Purcell, 1904
Type species
D. capensis Purcell, 1904
Species
6, see text

Diploglena is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains six species:

• Diploglena arida Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
• Diploglena capensis Purcell, 1904 (type) – South Africa
• Diploglena dippenaarae Haddad, 2015 – South Africa
• Diploglena karooica Haddad, 2015 – Namibia, South Africa
• Diploglena major Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
• Diploglena proxila Haddad, 2015 – South Africa

References

1. ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Diploglena Purcell, 1904". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
2. Purcell, W. F. (1904). "Descriptions of new genera and species of South African spiders" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 15: 115–173. doi:10.1080/21560382.1904.9626437.

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