Diploglena

Diploglena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Caponiidae
Genus:	Diploglena Purcell, 1904
Species:	D. capensis
Binomial name
Diploglena capensis Purcell, 1904
Diversity
1 species

Diploglena is a spider genus with one single species, Diploglena capensis that is endemic to South Africa and neighboring nations (such as Namibia). It is there also called two-eyed orange spider, although many other species in the family Caponiidae have only two eyes, and are orange.

There is one recognised subspecies, Diploglena capensis major Lawrence, 1928.

References

• Purcell, W. F. (1904): Descriptions of new genera and species of South African spiders. Trans. S. Afric. phil. Soc. 15: 115-173.
• Lawrence, R. F. (1928): Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa VII. Arachnida (Part 2). Ann. S. Afric. Mus. 25: 217-312.