# Diaphractus

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Diaphractus
|authority=[Purcell](/source/William_Frederick_Purcell), 1907<ref name=NMBE />
|type_species=''[D. leipoldti](/source/Diaphractus_leipoldti)''
|type_species_authority=Purcell, 1907
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision={{Specieslist
|''[D. assimilis](/source/Diaphractus_assimilis)''|<small>[Tullgren](/source/Albert_Tullgren), 1910</small>
|''[D. leipoldti](/source/Diaphractus_leipoldti)''|<small>Purcell, 1907</small>
|''[D. muticus](/source/Diaphractus_muticus)''|<small>Lawrence, 1927</small>}}
}}

'''''Diaphractus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Africa](/source/Africa)n [ground spiders](/source/Gnaphosidae) that was first described by [William Frederick Purcell](/source/William_Frederick_Purcell) in 1907.<ref name=Purc1907 /> {{as of|2025|9}}, it contains three species.<ref name=NMBE />

The genus is closely allied to ''[Scotophaeus](/source/Scotophaeus)'' but resembles a ''[Clubiona](/source/Clubiona)'' in appearance.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />

==Description==
{{see also|Glossary of spider terms}}
In the genus ''Diaphractus'', the [carapace](/source/carapace) is long-oval, depressed, and broad in front, with thoracic stria. The anterior row of [eyes](/source/eyes) is almost straight, with the eyes slightly separated from one another and the medians largest. The posterior row of eyes is wider and slightly procurved, with the medians sub rotund and small. Lateral eyes on each side are slightly nearer together than the anterior and posterior median eyes.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />

The [chelicerae](/source/chelicerae) are strong and somewhat attenuated at apex, with the oblique superior margin bearing three small teeth remote from one another, while no inferior teeth are present. The labium is elongate, narrow, and parallel-sided, only slightly attenuated and emarginated at apex, reaching almost up to the inner angles of the maxillae. The lateral margins are narrowly keeled, and the surface is depressed between the keels. The maxillae are broad and strongly depressed, slightly dilated externally at apex and emarginated behind the dilation, with the base attenuated. The inner margin is straight, and the outer margin is strongly convex in the posterior two-thirds. The posterior three-fourths of the maxilla is bordered along inner, posterior, and outer margins by a strong continuous keel.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />

The [sternum](/source/sternum) is oval, strongly attenuated in front and produced. The legs are robust and short, with the posterior pairs numerously spined and the anterior pairs more sparsely spined.<ref name="dippenaar2021" />

==Species==

{{Div col}}
* ''[Diaphractus assimilis](/source/Diaphractus_assimilis)'' <small>[Tullgren](/source/Albert_Tullgren), 1910</small> – [East Africa](/source/East_Africa)
* ''[Diaphractus leipoldti](/source/Diaphractus_leipoldti)'' <small>[Purcell](/source/William_Frederick_Purcell), 1907</small> – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) (type species)
* ''[Diaphractus muticus](/source/Diaphractus_muticus)'' <small>[Lawrence](/source/Reginald_Frederick_Lawrence), 1927</small> – [Namibia](/source/Namibia)
{{Div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
  <ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal|title=Gen. Diaphractus Purcell, 1907|website=World Spider Catalog|accessdate=2025-09-25|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/922|doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
  <ref name="dippenaar2021">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | year=2021 | title=The Gnaphosidae of South Africa. part 1 (A-D) | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=56 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.7197174}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref>
  <ref name=Purc1907>{{cite journal|last=Purcell|first=W. F.|year=1907|title=New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum.|journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History|pages=297–336|volume=20|issue=7|doi=10.1080/00222930709487339 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/2154792 }}</ref>
}}

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Category:Gnaphosidae genera
Category:Gnaphosidae
Category:Spiders of Africa
Category:Taxa named by William Frederick Purcell

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