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Capobula

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Capobula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Capobula
Haddad, Jin, Platnick & Booysen, 2021[1]
Type species
Orthobula infima
(Simon, 1896)
Species

5, see text

Capobula is a genus of southern African spiders in the family Trachelidae. The type species was first described by Eugène Simon from a juvenile found in South Africa. It was placed with Orthobula for several morphological similarities, including a large sclerite beneath the abdomen and spines behind several of the legs.[2] After a more thorough examination in 2021, including both male and female adults, enough distinctive features were found in the holotype and several other newly discovered species to warrant a new genus.[3]

Species

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As of April 2022 it contains five species:[1]

  • C. capensis Haddad, Jin, Platnick & Booysen, 2021 – South Africa
  • C. infima (Simon, 1896) (type) – South Africa
  • C. montana Haddad, Jin, Platnick & Booysen, 2021 – South Africa, Lesotho
  • C. neethlingi Haddad, Jin, Platnick & Booysen, 2021 – South Africa
  • C. ukhahlamba Haddad, Jin, Platnick & Booysen, 2021 – South Africa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Capobula Haddad, Jin, Platnick & Booysen, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1896). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Clubionidae" [Descriptions of new arachnids of the family Clubionidae]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (in French). 40 (9): 400–422.
  3. ^ Haddad, C. R.; Jin, C.; Platnick, N. I.; et al. (2021). "Capobula gen. nov., a new Afrotropical dark sac spider genus related to Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae)". Zootaxa. 4942 (1): 41–71. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.2.