A survey of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa Omelko, Mikhail M. Marusik, Yuri M. Lyle, Robin Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-30 4899 1 259 279 98Z7J Omelko & Marusik & Lyle, 2020 Omelko & Marusik & Lyle 2020 [151,372,1370,1397] Arachnida Tetragnathidae Diphya Animalia Araneae 5 264 Arthropoda species leroyorum sp. nov.   Figures 1C, 2F–G, 3G, 6C, 7F–G, 8D   Etymology.The specific name is a patronym in honour of the Leroy family. Astri and John Leroy have been key role players in the establishment of the Spider Club of Southern Africa. They have shared their passion and excitement for arachnids to many others.   Diagnosis.This species, only known from the holotypemale, can be distinguished from other congeners by the palp having a well-sclerotized conductor with a tip that bends anteriorly, forming a right angle, and with a short, abrupt tip of the cymbial process. Other species, such as  D. foordi  sp. nov.and  D. simoni, have either a weakly sclerotized conductor or a long, sharply pointed cymbial process and the tip of conductor bent antero-ventrally. Female unknown.   Description. Male( Holotype).TL 2.88. CL 1.46, CW 1.13; carapace brown or dark brown with indistinct yellow-brown longitudinal band. Ocular area dark black. Edge of carapace in its rear half with very thin yellow line. Clypeus yellowish, somewhat higher than AME diameter. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 4 retromarginal teeth. Sternum brown with blackish edges, without longitudinal stripe. Femora and patellae light-brown; III-IV lighter than I-II. Tibiae light brown, grayish dorsally (except for III, which are uniformly colored). Metatarsi and tarsi of all legs light brown. Abdomen dorsally light brown, with 4 pairs of irregularly shaped spots (frontal pair of spots biggest), surrounded by line consisting of white guanine spots. Lateral sides blackish, with yellow spots and stripes. Ventrally yellow with blackish spots.   FIGURE 3.Frontal view of prosoma in  Diphya wesolowskae  sp. nov.(A, D),  D. foordi  sp. nov.(B, I),  D. simoni Kauri, 1950(C, E–F),  D. leroyorum  sp. nov.(G) and  D. vanderwaltae  sp. nov.(H). A–C, G Male; D–F, H–I Female. Scales = 0.2 mm unless otherwise indicated. Palp and leg segment lengths    Fe Pa Ti Mt Ta Total  palp 0.40 0.14 0.16 - 0.37 1.07  I 1.57 0.50 1.43 1.59 0.76 5.84  II 1.43 0.49 1.21 1.29 0.66 5.07  III 0.79 0.26 0.57 0.64 0.43 2.68  IV 1.00 0.33 0.79 0.93 0.50 3.54  Spination of legs I–II  Fe Pa Ti Mt  I 2p2r 1d 2d3p1r 1d  II 1d2p2r 1d 2d2p1r 1d Palp as in Figs 7F–G, 8D; femur slightly longer than cymbium; cymbial process short, broad at the base with abrupt tip, length wide ratio about 1.25; conductor well sclerotized, with tip bent anteriorly with right angle; embolus relatively short, ca. 2.7 times shorter than cymbium, with its process in anterior view ( Fig. 7G).   Type material.  Holotype♁:  SOUTH AFRICA:  Mpumalanga: Mariepskop, 24°34.8’S, 30°52.2’E, leg. J. Horn,  18.V.2005(forest, litter sifting) ( NCA 2010/3454).   Comments.We are convinced that this species, known by holotypemale only, cannot be conspecific with  D. vanderwaltae  sp. nov., only known from the holotypefemale. The two species have very different color patterns and leg spination arrangements.   Distribution. Typelocality only ( Fig. 14). 3019610336 2005-05-18 NCA J. Horn South Africa -24.58 Mariepskop 125 30.87 7 266 NCA 2010 1 Mpumalanga holotype