''Capobula'' is a
genus 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
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
from a juvenile found in
South Africa. It was placed with ''
Orthobula
''Orthobula'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a member of Liocranidae. It was transferred to Corinnidae in 2002, to Phrurolithidae in 2014, and to Trachelidae in 2017.
Species
it contains twenty sp ...
'' for several morphological similarities, including a large
sclerite beneath the
abdomen 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
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) – 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
* ''
Orthobula
''Orthobula'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a member of Liocranidae. It was transferred to Corinnidae in 2002, to Phrurolithidae in 2014, and to Trachelidae in 2017.
Species
it contains twenty sp ...
''
*
List of Trachelidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Trachelidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Afroceto''
'' Afroceto'' Lyle & Haddad, 2010
* '' A. africana'' (Simon, 1910) — Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho
* '' A. ansieae'' ...
References
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Trachelidae genera
Taxa named by Norman I. Platnick
Spiders of Africa