Diplothele

Diplothele is a genus of mygalomorph spider in the family Barychelidae, containing four species restricted to India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Diplothele
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Diplothele
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890[1]
Type species
Diplothele walshi
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890[1]
Species

See text.

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Diplothele gravelyi Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009 – India
  • Diplothele halyi Simon, 1892 – Sri Lanka
  • Diplothele tenebrosus Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009 – India
  • Diplothele walshi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 – India

References

  1. "Gen. Diplothele O. P-Cambridge, 1890". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. Siliwal, Manju; Molur, Sanjay; Raven, Robert (2009). "Two new species of the genus Diplothele (Araneae, Barychelidae) from Orissa, India with notes on D. walshi" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. Retrieved 22 April 2016.


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