Kingdom Animalia Family Salticidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider | Class Arachnida Subfamily Sitticinae Rank Genus | |
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Capeta is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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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).
Distribution
C. tridens is only known from the State of Bahia in Brazil, while C. cachimbo was found in the Serra do Cachimbo, Pará.
Species
References
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