''Caponina'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of araneomorph spiders in the family

Caponiidae Caponiidae is a family of ecribellate haplogyne spiders that are unusual in a number of ways. They differ from other spiders in lacking book lungs and having the posterior median spinnerets anteriorly displaced to form a transverse row with the a ...

, 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, ...

in 1892.

Species

it contains twelve species: *'' Caponina alegre'' Platnick, 1994 – Brazil *''

Caponina cajabamba ''Caponina'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, 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, ...

'' Platnick, 1994 – Peru *'' Caponina chilensis'' Platnick, 1994 – Chile *'' Caponina chinacota'' Platnick, 1994 – Colombia *'' Caponina longipes'' Simon, 1893 – Venezuela *'' Caponina notabilis'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina *'' Caponina papamanga'' Brescovit & Sánchez-Ruiz, 2013 – Brazil *'' Caponina paramo'' Platnick, 1994 – Colombia *'' Caponina pelegrina'' Bryant, 1940 – Cuba *'' Caponina sargi'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Guatemala, Costa Rica *'' Caponina testacea'' Simon, 1892 ( type) – St. Vincent *'' Caponina tijuca'' Platnick, 1994 – Brazil

References

Araneomorphae genera Caponiidae Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Caponiidae-stub