Diaphorocellus Explained

Diaphorocellus is a genus of African palp-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[1]

Species

, the genus contains six species, found in Botswana, Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa, and Namibia:^{[2] [3]}

• Diaphorocellus albooculatus Lawrence, 1927 – Namibia
• Diaphorocellus biplagiatus Simon, 1893 (type) – South Africa
• Diaphorocellus helveolus (Simon, 1910) – Botswana
• Diaphorocellus isalo Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
• Diaphorocellus jocquei Zonstein & Marusik, 2020 – Madagascar
• Diaphorocellus rufus (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania

See also

• List of Palpimanidae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon . Eugène . Histoire naturelle des araignées . 1893 . 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène_Simon. 257–488 . Roret . Paris.
2. Gen. Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.
3. Zonstein . Sergei L. . Marusik . Yuri M. . Two new species of Diaphorocellus Simon, 1893 from Madagascar (Araneae, Palpimanidae) . African Invertebrates . 61 . 1 . 2020 . 1–15 . 2305-2562 . 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.47048. free .