Caponia
| Caponia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Caponioidea |
| Family: | Caponiidae |
| Genus: | Calponia Simon, 1887 |
| Diversity | |
| 11 species | |
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.[1] They are agile, nocturnal hunters, that hide by day in a variety of silk-lined retreats.[1] 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
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