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Males | ||||||||||||||||
- | Females | ||||||||||||||||
2 (1) |
Head with two processes | ||||||||||||||||
- | Head with one process | ||||||||||||||||
3 (2) |
Deep groove between anterior and posterior head process | ||||||||||||||||
- | Groove not deep | ||||||||||||||||
4 (3) |
Tibial apophysis distally with three claws; prosoma as fig. Diplocephalus permixtus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) |
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- | Tibial apophysis without claws | ||||||||||||||||
5 (4) |
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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6 (3) |
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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7 (2) |
Head process strongly bullous; tibial apophysis with 2 processes at most | ||||||||||||||||
- | Head process flatter; tibial apophysis with two lobe-shaped and one pointed process Diplocephalus dentatus Tullgren, 1955 |
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8 (7) |
Tibial apophysis narrow, bent, bluntly ending | ||||||||||||||||
- | Tibial apophysis broad, pointed or ending claw-like | ||||||||||||||||
9 (8) |
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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10 (8) |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
11 (10) |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
12 (11) |
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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13 (1) |
Inner margins of epigynal plates more strongly sclerotised | ||||||||||||||||
- | Different | ||||||||||||||||
14 (13) |
Inner margins of lateral epigynal plates tail-like protruding toward anterior end Diplocephalus rostratus Schenkel, 1934 |
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- | Different | ||||||||||||||||
15 (14) |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
16 (15) |
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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17 (13) |
Epigynal plates directly adjoining to each other and leaving no gap Diplocephalus permixtus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) |
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- | Different | ||||||||||||||||
18 (17) |
Epigynal plates widely gaping, a brighter, regularly triangular area in between Diplocephalus latifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) |
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- | Different | ||||||||||||||||
19 (18) |
Epigynal plates gaping and its lobe-shaped process reaching beyond epigastric furrow Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841) |
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- | Different | ||||||||||||||||
20 (19) |
Epigynal plates widely gaping, rounded posteriorly Diplocephalus helleri (L. Koch, 1869) |
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- | Different | ||||||||||||||||
21 (20) |
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) |