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Genus: Diplocephalus Bertkau, 1883 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Diplocephalus bosmansi Lecigne, 2025

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064705

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Distribution: Morocco

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Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany f (73155) - (Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025)
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 2f (73156-73157) - (Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Diplocephalus bosmansi Lecigne, in Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 77, f. 44A-H (Df) Original description

Diplocephalus bosmansi Lecigne et al., 2026: 57, f. 30A-I (Dm)

References

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S., Lips, J. & Hénon, N. (2026). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – third note. On sixteen new species, and noteworthy records. European Journal of Taxonomy 1067: 1-88. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1067.3292 ZooBank: 2A65CAB2-523D-4906-9C5A-8989DBA94841 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2026-06-14	First description of male	Lecigne et al., 2026
2026-06-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne et al., 2026
2025-04-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025
2025-04-07	New species inserted	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025