A survey of Diphya Nicolet, 1849 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from South Africa Author Omelko, Mikhail M. 0000-0002-1556-6248 Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia Far Eastern Federal University, Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Aquatic Organisms (LEEBAO), School of Natural Sciences, Vladivostok 690091, Russia & omelkom @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1556 - 6248 omelkom@gmail.com Author Marusik, Yuri M. 0000-0002-4499-5148 Institute for Biological Problems of the North, Portovaya Street 18, Magadan 685000, Russia & Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa & Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, FI- 20014, Finland & yurmar @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4499 - 5148 yurmar@mail.ru Author Lyle, Robin 0000-0002-5279-5306 Biosystematics: Arachnology, ARC-Plant Health and Protection, Pretoria, South Africa & LyleR @ arc. agric. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5279 - 5306 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-30 4899 1 259 279 journal article 8803 10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.14 9730d2b0-31d4-421c-8ca9-d7c8cf5b89e4 1175-5326 4400533 1CD410D3-F192-46D0-8BF2-A6E977BEFA33 Diphya leroyorum sp. nov. Figures 1C , 2 F–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 holotype male, 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 7 F–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 holotype male only, cannot be conspecific with D. vanderwaltae sp. nov. , only known from the holotype female. The two species have very different color patterns and leg spination arrangements. Distribution. Type locality only ( Fig. 14 ).