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Genus: Malagadiphya Pett, 2026 | Family: Tetragnathidae Simon, 1864

Malagadiphya pumila (Simon, 1889)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013601

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Described:

Distribution: Madagascar

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (presumably the holotype; 9194) - (Tanikawa, 1995b)

Taxonomic References

Diphya pumila Simon, 1889b: 226 (Df; mislabeled as m) Original description

Diphya pumila Simon, 1894a: 740, f. 823-824

Diphya pumila Tanikawa, 1995b: 107, f. 19 (f)

Malagadiphya pumila Pett, 2026: 658, f. 6A-D, F (f, T from Diphya)

References

Pett, B. L. (2026). Malagadiphya gen. nov., a new genus of Diphyainae Simon, 1894 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from rainforest in northern Madagascar. Arachnology 20(5): 653-658. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1889b). Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXI. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Madagascar et de Mayotte. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 8: 223-236. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1894a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 489-760. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (1995b). Two new species of the spider genus Diphya (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Japan and Taiwan, with notes on the known species. Acta Arachnologica 44(2): 101-111. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.44.101 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Pett, 2026
2026-07-01	Species transferred to new genus	Pett, 2026		Species transferred from Diphya Nicolet, 1849 to Malagadiphya Pett, 2026
2025-10-16	Species updated		Old value	Error corrected