''Capobula'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of southern African spiders in the family

Trachelidae Trachelidae is a family of araneomorph spiders (more recently evolved spiders with inward-pointing chelicerae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a subfamily called "Tracheleae" ("Trachelinae" in modern terminology). The Trachelidae fam ...

. The type species was first described by Eugène Simon from a juvenile found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

. It was placed with '' Orthobula'' for several morphological similarities, including a large

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beneath the

abdomen The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates. The abdomen is the front part of the abdominal segment of the to ...

and spines behind several of the legs. 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.

Species

it contains five species: *'' 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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q106201472 Trachelidae genera Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick Spiders of Africa

Species

See also

References