Notnops

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Notnops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Caponiidae
Genus: Notnops
Platnick, 1994
Species: N. calderoni
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Notnops calderoni
Platnick, 1994

Notnops calderoni is a four-eyed spider species from Chile. Males are about 2mm, females almost 3mm.

[edit] Name

The genus name is a pun on the fact that there are no caponiid spiders of the subfamily Nopinae (named after the genus Nops) in Chile. The species name is in honor of Chilean arachnologist Raúl Calderón.

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