Kapogea Explained

Kapogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1997.^[1]

Species

it contains four species in the Americas, from Mexico to Brazil:^[2]

• Kapogea cyrtophoroides (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
• Kapogea isosceles (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Greater Antilles, Panama to Argentina
• Kapogea sellata (Simon, 1895) – Greater Antilles, Costa Rica to Argentina
• Kapogea sexnotata (Simon, 1895) – Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Notes and References

1. Levi. H. W.. 1997. The American orb weavers of the genera Mecynogea, Manogea, Kapogea and Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae).. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 215–255. 155.
2. Web site: Gen. Kapogea Levi, 1997. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-13. Natural History Museum Bern.