Diores godfreyi
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| Diores godfreyi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Diores |
| Species: | D. godfreyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Diores godfreyi Hewitt, 1919[1] | |
Diores godfreyi is a species of spider in the family Zodariidae.[2] It is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa.[3]
Habitat
Description
Only the female of Diores godfreyi is known, with a total length of 4.2 mm. The carapace is yellow and darkened in the ocular area, while the chelicerae are yellowish-orange and the legs are pale yellow. The opisthosoma is dorsally sepia with a pale median line starting from about one-third of the abdomen length and as wide as one-third of the abdomen width, with sinuous margins that are sometimes broken into several isolated spots. The remainder of the abdomen is pale.[4]
