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Diphya vanderwaltae
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Diphya vanderwaltae is a species of spider in the family Tetragnathidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Vanderwalt's Diphya web spider.[3]
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Distribution
Diphya vanderwaltae is known only from Cwebe Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape.[3]
Habitat and ecology
The species was collected while sifting leaf litter from coastal dune forest.[3] The species range is very small.[3]
Description
The species is only known from females.The female of Diphya vanderwaltae is small (total length ~3.3 mm (0.13 in)) and predominantly dark: a dark-brown carapace with an indistinct median band, a uniformly black sternum, dark-grey femora with fine yellowish longitudinal lines, and a largely patternless dark-grey abdomen with a few guanine spots; the epigyne bears a triangular septum with closely spaced copulatory openings. [1]
Conservation
Diphya vanderwaltae is listed as Data Deficient by the South African National Biodiversity Institute for taxonomic reasons.[3] A rare species, more sampling is needed around Cwebe to determine the range and to collect males.[3]
References
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