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Capeta (spider)

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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

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

    • References

    Capeta (spider) Wikipedia
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