Caponina Explained

Caponina is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1892.^[1]

Species

it contains thirteen species:^[2]

• Caponina alegre Platnick, 1994 – Brazil
• Caponina alejandroi Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 - Colombia
• Caponina bochalema Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 - Colombia
• Caponina cajabamba Platnick, 1994 – Peru
• Caponina chilensis Platnick, 1994 – Chile
• Caponina chinacota Platnick, 1994 – Colombia
• Caponina huila Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 - Colombia
• Caponina longipes Simon, 1893 – Venezuela
• Caponina notabilis (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Caponina papamanga Brescovit & Sánchez-Ruiz, 2013 – Brazil
• Caponina paramo Platnick, 1994 – Colombia
• Caponina testacea Simon, 1892 (type) – St. Vincent
• Caponina tijuca Platnick, 1994 – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1892. On the spiders of the island of St. Vincent. Part 1.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 549–575. 59. 4, for 1891.
2. Gen. Caponina Simon, 1892. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-17. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.