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Caponia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Araneomorphae

Family
  
Caponiidae

Genus
  
Calponia harrisonfordi

Order
  
Spider

Class
  
Arachnida

Superfamily
  
Caponioidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Caponia httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Calponia harrisonfordi, Tarsonops, Nops, Caponiidae, Haplogynae

The eight-eyed orange lungless spiders (genus Caponia) is an Afrotropical genus of spiders, that breathe through two pairs of tracheae, rather than book lungs. They are agile, nocturnal hunters, that hide by day in a variety of silk-lined retreats. They have a tightly-arranged set of eight eyes, as opposed to the related genus Diploglena, where only two eyes are present.

Species

  • Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908 — Ethiopia
  • Caponia braunsi Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
  • Caponia capensis Purcell, 1904 — South Africa, Mozambique
  • Caponia chelifera Lessert, 1936 — Mozambique
  • Caponia forficifera Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
  • Caponia hastifera Purcell, 1904 — South Africa, Mozambique
  • Caponia karrooica Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
  • Caponia natalensis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1874) — Tanzania, South Africa
  • Caponia secunda Pocock, 1900 — South Africa
  • Caponia simoni Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
  • Caponia spiralifera Purcell, 1904 — South Africa
  • References

    Caponia Wikipedia