Diphya Nicolet, 1849

Diphya NICOLET, 1849:406 . Type species by subsequent designation D. macrophthalma Nicolet, 1849 .

Cardimia MELLO-LEITÃO, 1940:61 . Type species by monotypy C. eximia Mello-Leitão, 1940 (removed from syn. with Azilia), Syn. nov.

Note. In this study, we had the opportunity to correct a historical mistake made by LEVI (2002), who synonymized Cardimia, proposed in Araneidae, with Azilia Keyserling, 1881 . Before the fire at the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, we had the opportunity to examine the type of Cardinia eximia Mello-Leitão, 1940 . The comparison of the type with specimens of Diphya bicolor allows us to transfer this synonymy to Diphya, correcting the proposition of LEVI (2002).

Diagnosis.According to a recent diagnosis presented by ÁLVAREZ- PADILLA & HORMIGA (2011, figs 27, 28), Diphya species can be distinguished from all other Tetragnathidae genera by the following combination of characters: AME considerably smaller, secondary eyes without reflective tapetum (Figs 3, 5; 28, 29; 41, 42; 51, 53); legs I and II armed with a mesal row of macrosetae (Figs 21, 30); epigynum a flat sclerotized plate with ventrally oriented copulatory openings, sclerotized spermathecae (Figs 31, 54), palp tibia of male with distal apophysis (Figs 46-48) which is inconspicuous in D. bicolor (Fig. 15) and cymbium with only ectomedian process, paracymbium with anterior apophysis (Figs 6, 9, 10; 11, 15, 16; 45-48); distally swollen, spherical tegulum, conductor with membranous aspect, with fine margins sclerotized, coiled and firmly attached to the center of the tegulum and lamelliform and curled embolus, opposite to conductor (Figs 6-10; 45-48).