| Diplothele | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Diplothele O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Diplothele walshi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 [1] | |
| Species | |
Diplothele is a genus of mygalomorph spider in the family Barychelidae, containing four species restricted to India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2]
As of April 2016 [update] , the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: [1]
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