Caponina

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Caponina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Caponiidae
Genus: Caponina
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
C. testacea
Simon, 1892
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bruchnops Mello-Leitão, 1939[2]

Caponina is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.[3]

Species[edit]

As of September 2023 it contains thirteen species:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Caponina Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. ^ Platnick, N. I. (1994). "A revision of the spider genus Caponina (Araneae, Caponiidae)". American Museum Novitates (3100): 2.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1892). "On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 59 (4, for 1891): 549–575.