''Caponina'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Caponiidae
Caponiidae is a family of ecribellate haplogyne spiders that are unusual in a number of ways. They differ from other spiders in lacking book lungs and having the posterior median spinnerets anteriorly displaced to form a transverse row with th ...
, first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1892.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
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Caponina alegre''
Platnick, 1994 – Brazil
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Caponina alejandroi''
Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 - Colombia
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Caponina bochalema''
Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 - Colombia
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Caponina cajabamba''
Platnick, 1994 – Peru
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Caponina chilensis''
Platnick, 1994 – Chile
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Caponina chinacota''
Platnick, 1994 – Colombia
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Caponina huila''
Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 - Colombia
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Caponina longipes''
Simon, 1893 – Venezuela
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Caponina notabilis''
( Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
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Caponina papamanga''
Brescovit & Sánchez-Ruiz, 2013 – Brazil
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Caponina paramo''
Platnick, 1994 – Colombia
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Caponina testacea''
Simon, 1892 (
type
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) – St. Vincent
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Caponina tijuca''
Platnick, 1994 – Brazil
References
Caponiidae genera
Caponiidae
Spiders of Central America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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