| Dippenaar's Two-Eyed Orange Lungless Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Caponiidae |
| Genus: | Diploglena |
| Species: | D. dippenaarae |
| Binomial name | |
| Diploglena dippenaarae Haddad, 2015 | |
Diploglena dippenaarae is a species of spider of the genus Diploglena . It is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. [1]
The species is named in honour of Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, a prominent South African arachnologist who has made significant contributions to the study of African spiders.
Diploglena dippenaarae is known only from two localities near Saldanha Bay: Jacobsbaai and Saldanha. [2] The species appears to have a very restricted distribution. [2]
The species is a free-living ground dweller sampled at night from leaf litter in coastal Fynbos Biome. [2]
Diploglena dippenaarae is listed as Endangered under criterion B due to its restricted distribution. The species is only known from two localities near Saldanha Bay at elevations ranging from 3 to 8 metres above sea level. It appears to have a restricted distribution and more sampling is needed to determine the species range. A precautionary status of Endangered is assigned due to high rates of habitat transformation taking place at the two known locations. [2]
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Both males and females are known for this species. [2]
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