Diaphractus is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.[2] As of December 2023[update], it contains only three species: D. assimilis, D. leipoldti, and D. muticus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Diaphractus Purcell, 1907[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. leipoldti Purcell, 1907
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References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Diaphractus Purcell, 1907". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ Purcell, W. F. (1907). "New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20 (7): 297–336. doi:10.1080/00222930709487339.