Diploglena

Diploglena
Diploglena sp.
Diploglena sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Caponiidae
Genus:	Diploglena Purcell, 1904 [1]
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. ^[2]

Diploglena sp. from South Africa

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes six species: ^[1]

• Diploglena arida Haddad, 2015 – Namibia, South Africa
• Diploglena capensis Purcell, 1904 – South Africa (type species)
• 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. "Genus Diploglena". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
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.