Diphya spinifera Tullgren, 1902

Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2017, First illustrated description of the male of Diphya macrophthalma, the type species of the genus (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2017036) 107, pp. 1-7 : 7

Diphya spinifera Tullgren, 1902

Diphya spinifera TULLGREN, 1902:26 , pl. 2, f. 4, pl. 3, f. 1 (♂ ♀); TANIKAWA 1995:110, f. 22, 25‒26 (♂, ♀).

Diphya spinifera : ÁLVAREZ- PADILLA & HORMIGA 2011:756, f. 26A‒G, 27A‒G, 28A‒F, 29A‒G, 30A‒C (♂, ♀) possibly misidentified.

Comments. The species was described from the same locality as the previoUs one, from Valley of Aysén River. Mapping distribution of Chilean Diphya we recognized that specimens of D. spinifera examined and illUstrated in details by ÁLVAREZ- PADILLA & HORMIGA (2011) were collected far from the type locality (about 900 km to the north). Comparison of the figUres of epigyne in TANIKAWA (1995, fig. 22) made from the syntype of D. spinifera and that made by ÁLVAREZ- PADILLA & HORMIGA (2011, 28a and 30c) from northern specimens reveals that the females from distant localities have different proportions of median plate of epigyne (semicircular in syntype and circular in northern specimens). FigUres of the male palp also differ in TANIKAWA (1995) and ÁLVAREZ-PADILLA & HORMIGA (2011), bUt interpretation of sUch differences is not possible, because it seems that lamella accompanied embolus is not illustrated in TANIKAWA (1995). It is very likely that specimens examined by ÁLVAREZ- PADILLA & HORMIGA (2011) represent undescribed species.