First illustrated description of the male of Diphya macrophthalma, the type species of the genus (Araneae, Tetragnathidae)

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849, a type species of the genus and known by only holotype female from Central Chile, is redescribed in details based on recently collected material. The male is described in details and illustrated for the first time. Diphya rugosa Tullgren, 1902 previously considered as junior synonym of D. macrophthalma is revalidated. The known distribution of Diphya species from southern South America is mapped. Comments about status of northernmost populations of D. spinifera Tullgren, 1902 are given.

Two new species of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) from Southwest China

“…The new species is easily distinguished from other congeners except D. albula (Paik, 1983) ( Seo 2005 : 49, figs 1, 2), D. macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849 ( Marusik and Omelko 2017b : 25, 26, 30), and D. okumae Tanikawa, 1995 ( Tanikawa 1995 : 102, fig. 12; Zhu et al 2003 : 56, fig.…”

“…Despite of the dispute about the limits of this genus, most Diphya species have been well studied, especially several new species described in recent years. These species have been described in detail, alongside high-quality illustrations, to allow easy species recognition ( Álvarez-Padilla and Hormiga 2011 ; Yu et al 2014 ; Marusik 2017 ; Marusik and Omelko 2017a , b ; Omelko et al 2020 ).…”