Capeta (spider)
| Capeta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Sitticinae |
| Genus: | Capeta Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Capeta tridens Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Capeta is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Name
Capeta is a Brazilian word for devil. tridens ("trident") refers to the three projections in the male palp seen in ventral view (the embolus, its basal projection and the retrolateral tibial apophysis).
Distribution
C. tridens is only known from the State of Bahia in Brazil, while C. cachimbo was found in the Serra do Cachimbo, Pará.
Species
- Capeta cachimbo Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006
- Capeta tridens Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae) (2005)
- Ruiz, Gustavo R.S. & Brescovit, Antonio D. (2006): Gavarilla, a new genus of jumping spider from Brazil, and description of two new species of the genera Capeta Ruiz & Brescovit and Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticinae). PDF
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