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 98Z7M Omelko & Marusik & Lyle, 2020 Omelko & Marusik & Lyle 2020 [151,408,1722,1749] Arachnida Tetragnathidae Diphya Animalia Araneae 11 270 Arthropoda species vanderwaltae sp. nov.   Figures 3H, 4C, 5F, 11C, 13A–C, 14   Etymology.The specific name is a matronym in honour of Vida van der Walt. She is a Salticidaephotographer who has contributed to the field with her photography of living jumping spiders in South Africa.   Diagnosis.The new species differs of all other  Diphyaspecies by the dark coloration of the body and femora, lacking a distinct abdominal pattern, having a triangular epigynal septum, closely spaced copulatory openings and receptacles almost touching each other (vs. at least abdomen with pattern, femora colored as other leg segments, septum not triangular, and receptacles distinctly spaced). Male unknown.   Description. Female( Holotype, NCA 2007/306).TL 3.30, CL 1.46, CW 1.16. Carapace dark brown, with black triangular spot in central part, median band indistinct. Ocular area black. Clypeus dark-brown, higher than AME diameter. Chelicerae and mouthparts brown. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. Sternum uniformly black, without dark edges, spots or stripes. Femora dark gray, with yellowish longitudinal lines. Patellae, tibiae and metatarsi of all legs uniformly dark gray. Tarsi dark gray; III–IV lighter than I–II. Abdomen dorsally dark gray (lighter in frontal part, with some guanine spots). Lateral and ventral sides almost black, with few yellowish spots.   FIGURE 7.Male palp of  Diphya wesolowskae  sp. nov.(A, D),  D. foordi  sp. nov.(B, E),  D. simoni(C, H) and  D. leroyorum  sp. nov.(F–G). A–C, F Antero-prolateral; D–E, G–H Antero-retrolateral. Scales = 0.2 mm. Palp and leg segment lengths    Fe Pa Ti Mt Ta Total  palp 0.31 0.19 0.34 - 0.46 1.30  I 1.29 0.59 1.29 1.40 0.74 5.30  II 1.36 0.56 1.14 1.14 0.60 4.80  III 0.93 0.36 0.60 0.64 0.43 2.96  IV 1.07 0.36 0.89 0.86 0.46 3.63  Spination of legs I–II  Fe Pa Ti Mt  I 1p 1d 2d3p1r 1d  II - 1d 1d2p1r 1d   FIGURE 8.Retrolateral view of male palp of  Diphya foordi  sp. nov.(A),  D. wesolowskae  sp. nov.(B),  D. simoni Kauri, 1950(C) and  D. leroyorum  sp. nov.(D). Scales = 0.2 mm. Epigyne as in Figs 11C, 13A–C; with large and triangular base of septum (width/height ratio 3.0), very short and thin septal stem, and 2 distinct, closely separated copulatory openings; receptacles elongate, with shallow constrictions, almost touching each other.   Type material.  Holotype ♀:  SOUTH AFRICA:  Eastern Cape: Cwebe Nature Reserve, 32°16.8’S 28°54’E, leg. C. Haddad,  30.X.2006(sifting leaf litter, coastal dune forest) ( NCA 2007/306).   Comments.We are convinced that this species, known from the female only, cannot be conspecific with  D. leroyorum  sp. nov., known from the holotypemale only. The two species have very different patterns and leg spination arrangements.   Distribution. Typelocality only ( Fig. 14). 3019610322 2006-10-30 NCA C. Haddad South Africa -32.28 Cwebe Nature Reserve 787 28.9 14 273 NCA 2007 1 1 Eastern Cape holotype