Capeta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Sitticinae
Tribus: Sitticini
Subtribus: Aillutticina
Genus: Capeta
Species: C. cachimbo – C. tridens
Name

Capeta Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005

Type species: Capeta tridens Gustavo R.S. Ruiz & Antonio Domingos Brescovit, 2005
References
Primary references

Ruiz, G.R.S. & Brescovit, A.D. 2005. Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22(3): 687–695. full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Capeta is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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).
Species

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

Distribution

C. tridens is only known from the State of Bahia in Brazil, while C. cachimbo was found in the Serra do Cachimbo, Pará.
References

Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae) (2005)
Ruiz, Gustavo R.S. & Brescovit, Antonio D. (2006): Gavarilla, a new genus of jumping spider from Brazil, and description of two new species of the genera Capeta Ruiz & Brescovit and Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticinae). PDF