Diplura (spider)

Diplura
	Diplura macrura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Dipluridae
Genus:	Diplura; C. L. Koch, 1850
Type species
	D. macrura; (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Species
	18, see text
Synonyms
	Achetopus Tullgren, 1905; Euharmonicon Mello-Leitão, 1920; Evagrella Mello-Leitão, 1923; Parathalerothele Canals, 1931; Prosharmonicon Mello-Leitão, 1938; Pseudohermachura Mello-Leitão, 1927; Taunayella Mello-Leitão, 1923; Thalerothele Bertkau, 1880;

Diplura is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1850. It is found in South America and Cuba belonging to the subfamily Diplurinae. They possess a lyra on their prolateral maxillae. Diplura species can be distinguished from Trechona sp. by the number of setae on this lyra. They differ from Harmonicon sp. by the leg formula (1423 in Harmonicon, rather than 4123 in other genera of the subfamily) and the shape of the lyra bristles.

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