type Erigone foraminifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875; gender masculine; syn. of Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of
Prosoponcus Simon, 1884a: 569 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05362] (type
Walckenaeria cristatus Blackwall, 1833) by
Simon, 1894a: 656; considered a senior synonym of
Plaesiocraerus Simon, 1884a: 745 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05364] (type
Walckenaera latifrons O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863) (itself not a senior synonym of
Monocephalus Smith, 1906), of
Streptosphaenus Simon, 1926: 384, 497 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05365] (type
Diplocephalus adjacens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 =
D. connatus Bertkau, 1889) by
Denis, 1949a: 140, of
Chocorua Crosby & Bishop, 1933b: 164 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05363] (type
Lophocarenum cuneatum Emerton, 1909) by
Hackman, 1954: 28 and of
Hemistajus Schenkel, 1934: 90 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06060] (type
Diplocephalus rostratus Schenkel, 1934) by
Thaler, 1970: 256 (by transfer of the type species;
Hemistajus was described as subgenus of
Diplocephalus and elevated to genus by Schmölzer, in
Janetschek, 1956: 479); for illustrations of the modified male carapace and a phylogenetic tree of six European species, see
Schaible & Gack, 1987; a generic re-organisation of the
Savignia group (includes
Araeoncus,
Dicymbium,
Diplocephalus,
Erigonella,
Glyphesis) is pending (
Frick, Nentwig & Kropf, 2010); the proposed synonymy with
Savignia Blackwall, 1833 by
Breitling, 2021: 22 is not followed here as it is based mainly on COI (see
FAQ 7).
Transferred to other genera:
Diplocephalus antepenultimus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) -- see
Tapinocyboides
Diplocephalus buddebergi (Bösenberg, 1899) -- see
Thyreosthenius
Diplocephalus cottoni La Touche, 1946 -- see
Glyphesis
Diplocephalus curvicervix Denis, 1964 -- see
Typhochrestus
Diplocephalus diphyus Heimer, 1987 -- see
Dactylopisthes
Diplocephalus formosus (Banks, 1892) -- see
Eridantes
Diplocephalus fuscipes (Blackwall, 1836) -- see
Monocephalus
Diplocephalus fuscipes castaneipes (Simon, 1884) -- see
Monocephalus
Diplocephalus leberti (Roewer, 1942) -- see
Caracladus
Diplocephalus lobiceps (Banks, 1897) -- see
Eridantes
Diplocephalus montanus (Emerton, 1882) -- see
Walckenaeria
Diplocephalus parvus (Banks, 1892) -- see
Eridantes
Diplocephalus percisus (Keyserling, 1886) -- see
Eridantes
Diplocephalus pulicarius (Thorell, 1875) -- see
Microctenonyx
Diplocephalus pygmaeus (Menge, 1869) -- see
Tapinocyboides
Diplocephalus saganus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see
Diplocephaloides
Diplocephalus semiglobosus (Westring, 1861) -- see
Entelecara
Diplocephalus tauricus (Thorell, 1875) -- see
Styloctetor
Diplocephalus tenellus (Bösenberg, 1899) -- see
Tapinocyba
Diplocephalus wamotsus Chamberlin, 1919 -- see
Hybauchenidium
Diplocephalus yasudai Saito, 1986 -- see
Savignia
In synonymy:
Diplocephalus adjacens
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Diplocephalus connatus
Bertkau, 1889
(Wiehle, 1960a: 496)
Diplocephalus alpinus strandi
Kolosváry, 1937 = Diplocephalus alpinus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
(Breitling et al., 2016b: 58)
Diplocephalus arvernus
Denis, 1948 = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Bosmans & Oger, 2018: 54)
Diplocephalus bicephalus
(Simon, 1884) = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Bosmans & Oger, 2018: 54)
Diplocephalus bicornis
(Wider, 1834, T from Lophomma) = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Thorell, 1871a: 108, sub Erigone)
Diplocephalus bihamatus
(Menge, 1868, T from Lophocarenum) = Diplocephalus latifrons
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863)
(Thorell, 1871a: 107, sub Erigone)
Diplocephalus brunneus
(Bösenberg, 1902, T from Araeoncus) = Diplocephalus permixtus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)
(Tullgren, 1955: 328)
Diplocephalus caespitum
(C. L. Koch, 1841, T from Micryphantes) = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Thorell, 1871a: 108, sub Erigone)
Diplocephalus connatus jacksoni
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 = Diplocephalus connatus
Bertkau, 1889
(Sherwood, 2024b: 220)
Diplocephalus connectens
Kulczyński, 1894 = Diplocephalus alpinus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
(Thaler, 1995b: D479, sub D. connectens)
Diplocephalus cristatus angusticeps
Holm, 1973 = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Tanasevitch, 2011c: 138)
Diplocephalus cuneatus
(Emerton, 1909) = Diplocephalus subrostratus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
(Eskov, 1988c: 23)
Diplocephalus dimidiatus
(Denis, 1945) = Diplocephalus graecus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
(Denis, 1964c: 63)
Diplocephalus eborodunensis
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) = Diplocephalus helleri
(L. Koch, 1869)
(Simon, 1926: 497, sub Plaesiocraerus)
Diplocephalus foraminifer
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Bosmans & Oger, 2018: 54)
Diplocephalus foraminifer thyrsiger
(Simon, 1884) = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Bosmans & Oger, 2018: 54)
Diplocephalus incertus
(L. Koch, 1879, T from Erigone) = Diplocephalus barbiger
(Roewer, 1955)
(Holm, 1970: 191, sub D. barbatus)
Diplocephalus maculifrons
Kulczyński, 1926 = Diplocephalus subrostratus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
(Eskov, 1988c: 23)
Diplocephalus meticulosus
(Simon, 1918, T from Entelecara) = Diplocephalus picinus
(Blackwall, 1841)
(Denis, 1949a: 136)
Diplocephalus morum
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894, T from Gongylidium) = Diplocephalus picinus
(Blackwall, 1841)
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1911b: 53)
Diplocephalus nuncius
(Simon, 1882, T from Erigone) = Diplocephalus graecus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
(Simon, 1926: 512, sub Entelecara)
Diplocephalus obtusus
Denis, 1952 = Diplocephalus helleri
(L. Koch, 1869)
(Georgescu, 1969a: 204)
Diplocephalus opacithorax
(Simon, 1884) = Diplocephalus latifrons
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863)
(Simon, 1926: 380, sub Plaesiocraerus)
Diplocephalus picinus humiliceps
(Denis, 1945) = Diplocephalus picinus
(Blackwall, 1841)
(Wiehle, 1960a: 515)
Diplocephalus rectiloba
(Simon, 1884) = Diplocephalus cristatus
(Blackwall, 1833)
(Bosmans & Oger, 2018: 54)
Diplocephalus sabulicola
Bosmans, 1996 = Diplocephalus mystacinus
(Simon, 1884)
(Bosmans, 2002: 22)
Diplocephalus spinosus
Hull, 1901 = Diplocephalus permixtus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)
(Jackson, 1907b: 404)
Diplocephalus tatricus
(Kulczyński, 1882, T from Erigone) = Diplocephalus helleri
(L. Koch, 1869)
(Simon, 1884a: 755, sub Plaesiocraerus)
Nomina dubia:
Diplocephalus alpinus subrufus
Roșca, 1935: 245, f. 5-6 (mf, Romania) --
Fedoriak, Voloshyn & Moscaliuc, 2016: 86
Diplocephalus coniceps
Strand, 1906b: 616 (m, Somalia) --
Scharff, 1990b: 144
Diplocephalus fallaciosus
(Bertkau, in Förster & Bertkau, 1883: 229, pl. 3, f. 2, m, Germany, originally in Lophocarenum) --
Wiehle, 1960a: 514
Diplocephalus pullinus
Simon, 1918b: 153 (m, France) --
Lecigne et al., 2022: 14
Diplocephalus algericus Bosmans, 1996
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| Algeria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010037
Diplocephalus alpinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
|
| Italy, Central Europe to Greece and Russia (Europe)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010038
Diplocephalus altimontanus Deltshev, 1984
|
| Bulgaria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010041
Diplocephalus arnoi Isaia, 2005
|
| Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039885
Diplocephalus barbiger (Roewer, 1955)
|
| Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia (Europe to Far East)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010043
Diplocephalus bicurvatus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906
|
| Japan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010045
Diplocephalus bifurcatus Tanasevitch, 1989
|
| Turkmenistan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010046
Diplocephalus bosmansi Lecigne, 2025
|
| Morocco
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064705
Diplocephalus caecus Denis, 1952
|
| Belgium
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010047
Diplocephalus caucasicus Tanasevitch, 1987
|
| Turkey, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Georgia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010048
Diplocephalus circularis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063555
Diplocephalus connatus Bertkau, 1889
|
| Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010049
Diplocephalus crassiloba (Simon, 1884)
|
| Europe, Turkey
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010051
Diplocephalus cristatus (Blackwall, 1833)
|
| Europe, Russia (Far East), Kazakhstan. Introd. to North America, Falkland Is., New Zealand. N.B.: morph foraminifer only in: Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010052
TYPE SPECIES
Diplocephalus culminicola Simon, 1884
|
| France (Pyrenees)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010054
Diplocephalus dentatus Tullgren, 1955
|
| France, Italy, Northern Europe, Central Europe to Russia (Europe)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010055
Diplocephalus graecus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
|
| Madeira, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010058
Diplocephalus gravidus Strand, 1906
|
| Japan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010059
Diplocephalus guidoi Frick & Isaia, 2012
|
| Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045375
Diplocephalus helleri (L. Koch, 1869)
|
| Europe
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010060
Diplocephalus hispidulus Saito & Ono, 2001
|
| Japan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037567
Diplocephalus hungaricus Kulczyński, 1915
|
| Hungary
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010061
Diplocephalus inanis Tanasevitch, 2014
|
| Morocco
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047245
Diplocephalus komposchi Milasowszky, Bauder & Hepner, 2017
|
| Austria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049402
Diplocephalus lancearius (Simon, 1884)
|
| Algeria
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009320
Diplocephalus latifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1863)
|
| Europe, Turkey, Caucasus
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010062
Diplocephalus longicarpus (Simon, 1884)
|
| France
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010063
Diplocephalus lusiscus (Simon, 1872)
|
| Spain, France, Belgium, Germany
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010064
Diplocephalus machadoi Bosmans & Cardoso, 2010
|
| Portugal, Spain, France
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043251
Diplocephalus marijae Bosmans, 2010
|
| Portugal, Spain, Morocco
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043252
Diplocephalus marusiki Eskov, 1988
|
| Russia (north-eastern Siberia)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010065
Diplocephalus mirabilis Eskov, 1988
|
| Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010066
Diplocephalus montaneus Tanasevitch, 1992
|
| Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010067
Diplocephalus montanus Eskov, 1988
|
| Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010068
Diplocephalus mystacinus (Simon, 1884)
|
| Algeria, Tunisia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009325
Diplocephalus parentalis Song & Li, 2010
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043216
Diplocephalus pavesii Pesarini, 1996
|
| Switzerland, Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010069
Diplocephalus permixtus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)
|
| Europe
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010070
Diplocephalus picinus (Blackwall, 1841)
|
| Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Iran
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010071
Diplocephalus procer (Simon, 1884)
|
| France, Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010072
Diplocephalus protuberans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875)
|
| Europe
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010073
Diplocephalus protuberiscus Wunderlich, 2022
|
| Turkey
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053750
Diplocephalus pseudocrassilobus Gnelitsa, 2006
|
| Ukraine
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039886
Diplocephalus rostratus Schenkel, 1934
|
| Austria, Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010076
Diplocephalus sphagnicola Eskov, 1988
|
| Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East), Alaska, Canada
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010079
Diplocephalus subrostratus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873)
|
| North America, Greenland, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010080
Diplocephalus tiberinus (Caporiacco, 1936)
|
| Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010081
Diplocephalus tongrenensis Irfan, Zhang & Peng, 2025
|
| China
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063556
Diplocephalus toscanaensis Wunderlich, 2011
|
| Portugal, Italy
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044110
Diplocephalus transcaucasicus Tanasevitch, 1990
|
| Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010082
Diplocephalus turcicus Brignoli, 1972
|
| Greece, Cyprus, Turkey
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010083
Diplocephalus uliginosus Eskov, 1988
|
| Russia (Middle Siberia to Far East)
urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010084