Diploglena capensis Purcell

Platnick, Norman I. & Jäger, Peter, 2008, On the First Asian Spiders of the Family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae), with Notes on the African Genus Diploglena, American Museum Novitates 2008 (3634), pp. 1-12 : 10

Diploglena capensis Purcell

Figures 26–30

Diploglena capensis Purcell, 1904: 170 , figs. 36–38 (three male and four female syntypes from St. Helena Bay , Malmesbury Div., Western Cape Province, South Africa, should be in the South African Museum, not examined).

DIAGNOSIS: With the characters of the genus and genitalia as in figs. 28–30.

MALE: Described by Purcell (1904).

FEMALE: Described by Purcell (1904).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED: NAMIBIA: Erongo: 10 mi W Okombahe , May 10, 1958, elev. 920 m (E. Ross, R. Leech, CAS) , 1♀. SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 20 km N Concordia, 26 ° 40 9 S, 22 ° 40E, June 2, 1997, from scorpion burrow (A. Harrington, PPRI 98 /291), 13; Garies, Namaqualand , Nov. 14, 1949 (B. Malkin, CAS) , 1♀; Henkries , June 2, 1997, in scorpion burrow (A. Harrington, PPRI 98 /292), 13 , 2♀; Kweekfontein , June 2, 1997, from burrow of scorpion, Opisthophthalmus crassimanus Purcell (A. Harrington, PPRI 98 /290), 13 . Western Cape: Saldanha Bay , Nov. 18, 1949 (B. Malkin, CAS) , 1♀; Tierberg , July 25, 1989 ( R. Dean, PPRO 91 /40), 13 .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the western parts of South Africa and Namibia. Lawrence (1928: 225) described D. capensis major , as a new ‘‘variety’’, based on a female from Kaross, Namibia; collections including males will be needed to help determine whether the Namibian population is conspecific with the specimens from the cape, or belongs to a diagnosable taxon.

Figures

Figs. 26–30. Diploglena capensis Purcell. 26. Cephalothorax and abdomen, dorsal view. 27. Same, ventral view. 28. Left male palp, ventral view. 29. Same, prolateral view. 30. Same, retrolateral view.