Copuetta Explained

Copuetta is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by C. R. Haddad in 2013.^[1]

Species

it contains thirteen species:^[2]

• Copuetta comorica Haddad, 2013 – Comoros
• Copuetta erecta Haddad, 2013 – Mozambique, South Africa
• Copuetta kakamega Haddad, 2013 – Kenya
• Copuetta kwamgumi Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta lacustris (Strand, 1916) – Central, East, Southern Africa
• Copuetta lesnei Haddad, 2013 – Mozambique
• Copuetta litipo Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta lotzi Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
• Copuetta magna Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa
• Copuetta maputa Haddad, 2013 (type) – Mozambique, South Africa
• Copuetta naja Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta uzungwa Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta wagneri Haddad, 2013 – Uganda

Notes and References

1. Haddad. C. R.. 2013. Taxonomic notes on the spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae, Corinnidae), with the description of the new genera Copuetta and Wasaka and the first cladistic analysis of Afrotropical Castianeirinae.. Zootaxa. 1–79. 3688. 10.11646/zootaxa.3688.1.1. 26146688.
2. Gen. Copuetta Haddad, 2013. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-19. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.