Redescription of the type species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 (Araneae, Palpimanidae, Chediminae)

By

Zonstein, Sergei L.
Marusik, Yuri M.
Omelko, Mikhail M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-8-31

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

57

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

93--103

Subjects

biplagiatus , brush-footed spiders , Diaphorocellus , endogyne , South Africa , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.57.9988

 

Abstract

The type species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893, the South African D. biplagiatus Simon, 1893, is redescribed, and the male is described for the first time. The species is diagnosed and figured in detail, including the copulatory organs of both sexes, previously undescribed for any species of the genus. New distributional data of D. biplagiatus are provided.