Diphya is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.[2] D. tanasevitchi and D. albulum were transferred from Lophomma in 2007.[3]
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As of March 2021[update] it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Africa, and South America:[1]
- Diphya albula (Paik, 1983) – Korea
- Diphya bicolor Vellard, 1926 – Brazil
- Diphya foordi Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya leroyorum Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya limbata Simon, 1896 – Chile, Argentina
- Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849 (type) – Chile
- Diphya okumae Tanikawa, 1995 – China, Korea, Japan
- Diphya pumila Simon, 1889 – Madagascar
- Diphya qianica Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
- Diphya rugosa Tullgren, 1902 – Chile
- Diphya simoni Kauri, 1950 – South Africa
- Diphya songi Wu & Yang, 2010 – China
- Diphya spinifera Tullgren, 1902 – Chile
- Diphya taiwanica Tanikawa, 1995 – Taiwan
- Diphya tanasevitchi (Zhang, Zhang & Yu, 2003) – China
- Diphya vanderwaltae Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya wesolowskae Omelko, Marusik & Lyle, 2020 — South Africa
- Diphya wulingensis Yu, Zhang & Omelko, 2014 – China, Russia] (Far East)
In synonymy:
- D. bilineata Tullgren, 1901 = Diphya limbata Simon, 1896
- D. brevipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
- D. crassipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
- D. longipes Nicolet, 1849 = Diphya macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849
- D. pallida Tullgren, 1902 = Diphya limbata Simon, 1896
- D. tanikawai Marusik, 2017 = Diphya simoni Kauri, 1950
Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Diphya Nicolet, 1849". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10. Nicolet, H. (1849), "Aracnidos", in Gay, C. (ed.), Historia física y política de Chile
Marusik, Y. M.; Gnelitsa, V. A.; Koponen, S. (2007). "A survey of Holarctic Linyphiidae (Aranei). 4. A review of the erigonine genus Lophomma Menge, 1868". Arthropoda Selecta. 15: 153–171.