''Capheris'' is a genus of spiders in the family
Zodariidae
Ant spiders are members of the family Zodariidae. They are small to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders found in all tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia and the Indian sub ...
. It was first described in 1893 by Simon. , it contains 11 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
''Capheris'' comprises 11 species:
* ''
C. abrupta''
Jocqué, 2009 — South Africa
* ''
C. apophysalis''
Lawrence, 1928 — Namibia
* ''
C. approximata''
(Karsch, 1878) — Namibia, South Africa
* ''
C. brunnea''
(Marx, 1893) — Congo
* ''
C. crassimana''
(Simon, 1887) (
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) — Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
* ''
C. decorata''
Simon, 1904 — Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
* ''
C. fitzsimonsi''
Lawrence, 1936 — Zimbabwe, Botswana
* ''
C. kunenensis''
Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
* ''
C. langi''
Lawrence, 1936 — Botswana, South Africa
* ''
C. oncka''
Lawrence, 1927 — Angola, Namibia, Botswana
* ''
C. subtilis''
Jocqué, 2009 — Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
References
Zodariidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
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