''Capeta'' is a

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s in the family

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(jumping spiders).

Name

''Capeta'' is a Brazilian word for

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. ''tridens'' ("trident") refers to the three projections in the male palp seen in ventral view (the

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, 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

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, while ''C. cachimbo'' was found in the

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References

* (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)
* (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)
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