Capeta (spider) explained

Capeta is a genus of spiders in the 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).

Species

• Capeta cachimbo Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006
• Capeta tridens Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005

Distribution

C. tridens is only known from the State of Bahia in Brazil, while C. cachimbo was found in the Serra do Cachimbo, Pará.

References

• (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)
• (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