Diaphractus is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.[2] As of December 2023, it contains only three species: D. assimilis, D. leipoldti, and D. muticus.[1]

Diaphractus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Diaphractus
Purcell, 1907[1]
Type species
D. leipoldti
Purcell, 1907
Species

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Diaphractus Purcell, 1907". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  2. ^ Purcell, W. F. (1907). "New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (7): 297–336. doi:10.1080/00222930709487339.