Linyphiidae: Diplocephalus Bertkau, 1883

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Males

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- Females

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Head with two processes

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- Head with one process

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Deep groove between anterior and posterior head process

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- Groove not deep

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Tibial apophysis distally with three claws; prosoma as fig.

Diplocephalus permixtus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

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- Tibial apophysis without claws

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Tibial apophysis with a bent branch and several small processes

Diplocephalus connatus Bertkau, 1889

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Tibial apophysis only with one rectangularly bent branch; prosoma in lateral view as fig.

Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)

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Posterior head process bullous and only rarely reduced; tibial apophysis with two slender, bent processes

Diplocephalus latifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863)

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Both head processes ± equal in size; tibial apophysis with pointed, transverse process

Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)

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Head process strongly bullous; tibial apophysis with 2 processes at most

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Head process flatter; tibial apophysis with two lobe-shaped and one pointed process

Diplocephalus dentatus Tullgren, 1955

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Tibial apophysis narrow, bent, bluntly ending

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- Tibial apophysis broad, pointed or ending claw-like

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Tibial apophysis as fig.; paracymbium claw-shaped

Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841)

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Tibial apophysis as fig.; Paracymbium not claw-shaped; prosoma with blunt conical cephalic lobe, provided with hairs on anterior side

Diplocephalus rostratus Schenkel, 1934

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Tibial apophysis with 2 short, pointed processes; prosoma as fig.

Diplocephalus helleri (L. Koch, 1869)

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- Tibial apophysis with one pointed process

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Pointed process of tibial apophysis < width of tibial apophysis; prosoma as fig.

Diplocephalus protuberans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

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- Pointed process of tibial apophysis >> width of tibial apophysis

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Tibial apophysis as fig. anterior median eyes very small in males and females

Diplocephalus lusiscus (Simon, 1872)

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Tibial apophysis as fig.; cephalic lobe medially indented; female unknown

Diplocephalus caecus Denis, 1952

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Inner margins of epigynal plates more strongly sclerotised

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- Different

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Inner margins of lateral epigynal plates tail-like protruding toward anterior end

Diplocephalus rostratus Schenkel, 1934

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- Different

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Inner margins of epigynal plate only in posterior area more strongly sclerotised, leaving out a broadly triangular part in posterior area

Diplocephalus connatus Bertkau, 1889

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- Inner margins of epigynal plates in posterior area more strongly sclerotised

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Inner margins of epigynal plates ± parallel

Diplocephalus dentatus Tullgren, 1955

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Inner margins of epigynal plates diverging towards posterior end; anterior median eyes very small in males and females

Diplocephalus lusiscus (Simon, 1872)

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Epigynal plates directly adjoining to each other and leaving no gap

Diplocephalus permixtus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

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- Different

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Epigynal plates widely gaping, a brighter, regularly triangular area in between

Diplocephalus latifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863)

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- Different

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Epigynal plates gaping and its lobe-shaped process reaching beyond epigastric furrow

Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841)

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- Different

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Epigynal plates widely gaping, rounded posteriorly

Diplocephalus helleri (L. Koch, 1869)

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- Different

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Inner margins of epigynal plates ± parallel, not touching each other; epigynal plates not distinctly marked off anteriorly, very variable

Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)

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Inner margins of epigynal plates not parallel; epigynal plates distinctly marked off anteriorly

Diplocephalus protuberans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)

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Further taxa

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1. Diplocephalus algericus Bosmans, 1996

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2. Diplocephalus alpinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

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3. Diplocephalus altimontanus Deltshev, 1984

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4. Diplocephalus arnoi Isaia, 2005

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5. Diplocephalus barbiger (Roewer, 1955)

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6. Diplocephalus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987

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7. Diplocephalus connatus jacksoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904

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8. Diplocephalus crassilobus (Simon, 1884)

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9. Diplocephalus culminicola Simon, 1884

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10. Diplocephalus graecus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

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11. Diplocephalus guidoi Frick & Isaia, 2012

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12. Diplocephalus hungaricus Kulczyński, 1915

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13. Diplocephalus inanis Tanasevitch, 2014

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14. Diplocephalus komposchi Milasowszky, Bauder & Hepner, 2017

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15. Diplocephalus lancearius (Simon, 1884)

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16. Diplocephalus longicarpus (Simon, 1884)

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17. Diplocephalus machadoi Bosmans & Cardoso, 2010

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18. Diplocephalus marijae Bosmans, 2010

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19. Diplocephalus mystacinus (Simon, 1884)

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20. Diplocephalus pavesii Pesarini, 1996

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21. Diplocephalus procer (Simon, 1884)

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22. Diplocephalus protuberiscus Wunderlich, 2022

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23. Diplocephalus pseudocrassilobus Gnelitsa, 2006

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24. Diplocephalus subrostratus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)

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25. Diplocephalus tiberinus (Caporiacco, 1936)

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26. Diplocephalus toscanaensis Wunderlich, 2011

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27. Diplocephalus transcaucasicus Tanasevitch, 1990

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28. Diplocephalus turcicus Brignoli, 1972