World Spider Catalog

Caponiidae Simon, 1890

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Should probably be assigned to a separate suborder (Epulmonae) (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii). Divided in two subfamilies, Caponniinae and Nopinae, by Petrunkevitch, 1939a: 190.

Gen. Nops MacLeay, 1839 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00440

N.B.: as with all other generic names ending in -ops, the gender is masculine (per ICZN).

Transferred to other genera:

Nops ariguanabo Alayón, 1986 -- see Tarsonops

Nops cesari Dupérré, 2014 -- see Medionops

Nops ludovicorum Alayón, 1976 -- see Cubanops

Nops ovalis Banks, 1898 -- see Orthonops

Nops simla Chickering, 1967 -- see Medionops

In synonymy:

Nops craneae Chickering, 1967 = Nops maculatus Simon, 1893 (Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 85)

Nops olivaceus Franganillo, 1931 = Nops guanabacoae MacLeay, 1839 (Franganillo, 1936c: 38)

Nops proseni Birabén, 1954 = Nops farhati Prosen, 1949 (Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 78)

Nops virginicus Sánchez-Ruiz, 2010 = Nops blandus Bryant, 1942 (Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 22)

Nops agnarssoni Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015 | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047752

Nops agnarssoni Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015: 45, f. 37-43, 78 (Dm) Original description

Nops agnarssoni Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 21, f. 5C, 8A-D, 9A-F (m)

Nops alexenriquei Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050325

Nops alexenriquei Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 69, f. 44A-F, 45A-L (Dmf) Original description

Nops amazonas Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050326

Nops amazonas Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 72, f. 2J-L, 46A-G, 47A-I (Dmf) Original description

Nops anisitsi Strand, 1909 | j | Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004053

Nops anisitsi Strand, 1909c: 47 (Df) Original description

Nops antisitsi Roewer, 1942a: 316 (lapsus)

Nops anisitsi Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 108 (species inquirenda, type immature)

Nops bahia Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050327

Nops bahia Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 75, f. 48A-F, 49A-F (Dmf) Original description

Nops bellulus Chamberlin, 1916 | j | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004055

Nops bellula Chamberlin, 1916: 217, pl. 10, f. 6-8, pl. 11, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Nops bellulus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 108 (species inquirenda, type immature)

Nops blandus (Bryant, 1942) | | Virgin Is. (US and UK) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004056

Caponina blanda Bryant, 1942a: 328, f. 17 (Dm) Original description

Nops blandus Chickering, 1967a: 4, f. 1 (m, T from Caponina; f. 2 see Nops hispaniola)

Nops blandus Wunderlich, 1988: 66, f. 80 (m)

Nops blandus Sánchez-Ruiz, 2005: 25, f. 3 (m)

Nops blandus Penney, 2008: 77, f. 5.32 (m)

Nops virginicus Sánchez-Ruiz, 2010: 23, f. 1-2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043581]

Nops blandus Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015: 44, f. 1-6, 25-36, 77, 81 (m, Df)

Nops blandus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 22, f. 9G-L, 10A-G (mf, S of Nops virginicus)

Nops branicki (Taczanowski, 1874) | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004057

Diops branickii Taczanowski, 1874: 73, pl. 2, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Diops branicki van Hasselt, 1887a: 85, pl. 6, f. 5-6 (Df)

Nops branicki Petrunkevitch, 1911: 133

Nops branicki Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 112 (species inquirenda, type probably immature)

Nops campeche Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050323

Nops campeche Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 58, f. 34A-G, 35A-L (Dmf) Original description

Nops campeche Chamé-Vázquez & Jiménez, 2024: 281, f. 41-48 (mf)

Nops coccineus Simon, 1892 | | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004058

Nops coccineus Simon, 1892e: 572, pl. 42, f. 18 (Dmf) Original description

Nops coccineus Lehtinen, 1986: 153, f. 4

Nops coccineus Simon, 1893a: 324, f. 287-291 (m)

Nops coccineus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 25, f. 11A-F (f)

Nops coccineus Chickering, 1967a: 5, f. 3 (m)

Nops enae Sánchez-Ruiz, 2004 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039326

Nops enae Sánchez-Ruiz, 2004: 98, f. 4-10 (Dmf) Original description

Nops enae Pérez-González, Rubio & Ramírez, 2016: 36, f. 2F (f)

Nops enae Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 27, f. 6B,F,I, 7D-F, 12A-F, 13A-G (mf)

Nops ernestoi Sánchez-Ruiz, 2005 | | Hispaniola (Dominican Rep.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039327

Nops ernestoi Sánchez-Ruiz, 2005: 24, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description

Nops ernestoi Penney, 2008: 77, f. 5.33 (m)

Nops ernestoi Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 28, f. 13H-L, 14A-F (mf)

Nops farhati Prosen, 1949 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004060

Nops farhati Prosen, 1949: 321, f. A-C (Dm) Original description

Nops farhati Birabén, 1954c: 44, f. 7 (m)

Nops proseni Birabén, 1954c: 43, f. 1-6, 8-10 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004071]

Nops farhati Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 78, f. 50A-J (m, S of Nops proseni)

Nops finisfurvus Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015 | | Virgin Is. (UK), Puerto Rico (Culebra Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047753

Nops finisfurvus Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015: 52, f. 7-12, 44-56, 79, 83 (Dmf) Original description

Nops finisfurvus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 31, f. 4B, 15A-G, 16A-F (mf)

Nops flutillus Chickering, 1967 | | Curaçao urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004061

Nops flutillus Chickering, 1967a: 7, f. 5-6 (Dmf) Original description

Nops flutillus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 32, f. 16G-L, 17A-F (mf)

Nops gertschi Chickering, 1967 | | Hispaniola (Dominican Rep.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004062

Nops gertschi Chickering, 1967a: 9, f. 7-8 (Dm) Original description

Nops gertschi Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 32, f. 7C, 18A-F (m, Df)

Nops glaucus van Hasselt, 1887 | | Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004063

Nops glauca van Hasselt, 1887a: 77, pl. 6, f. 1-4, 10 (Df) Original description

Nops glaucus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 112 (species inquirenda, type probably immature)

Nops guanabacoae MacLeay, 1839 | | Cuba, Bahamas urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004064

Nops guanabacoae MacLeay, 1839: 3, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Nops guanabacoae van Hasselt, 1887a: 85, pl. 6, f. 7 (f)

Nops olivaceus Franganillo, 1931c: 287 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039418]

Nops guanabacoae Franganillo, 1936c: 38 (S of Nops olivaceus)

Nops guanabacoae Bryant, 1940: 271, f. 12, 16 (Dm)

Nops guanabacoae Chickering, 1967a: 11, f. 9-10 (m)

Nops guanabacoae Alayón, 1977a: 4, f. 2A-B (f)

Nops guanabacoae Heimer, 1990: 3, f. 3 (m)

Nops guanabacoae Sánchez-Ruiz, 2004: 96, f. 3 (m)

Nops guanabacoae Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 37, f. 1A-E, 2A-I, 3A-B, 4A,C, 5A-B,D, 6A,E, 7A, 20A-J, 21A-L, 22A-L, 23A-L (mf)

Nops guanabacoae Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020: 485, f. 19C (endite)

Nops hispaniola Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015 | | Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Rep.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047754

Nops blandus Chickering, 1967a: 4, f. 2 (m, misidentified per Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015: 55)

Nops hispaniola Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Alayón, 2015: 55, f. 57-69, 80, 82 (Dmf) Original description

Nops hispaniola Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 43, f. 24A-F (mf)

Nops ipojuca Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050328

Nops ipojuca Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 79, f. 6K, 49G-L, 51A-G (Dmf) Original description

Nops itapetinga Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050329

Nops itapetinga Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 81, f. 6C,G, 53A-G, 54A-L (Dmf) Original description

Nops jaragua Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050320

Nops jaragua Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 45, f. 26A-F, 27A-I (Dmf) Original description

Nops largus Chickering, 1967 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004065

Nops largus Chickering, 1967a: 11, f. 11-15 (Dmf) Original description

Nops largus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 58, f. 7B, 37A-L, 38A-L, 39A-L, 40A-E (mf)

Nops maculatus Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004067

Nops maculata Simon, 1893b: 449 (Dj) Original description

Nops craneae Chickering, 1967a: 6, f. 4 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004059]

Nops maculatus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 85, f. 6D,H,J, 56A-G, 57A-F (mf, S of Nops craneae)

Nops mathani Simon, 1893 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004068

Nops mathani Simon, 1893e: 307 (Df) Original description

Nops mathani Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 87, f. 58A-F (f)

Nops meridionalis Keyserling, 1891 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004069

Nops meridionalis Keyserling, 1891: 24, pl. 1, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Nops meridionalis Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 89, f. 58A-G, 60A-L, 61A-L, 62A-L, 63A-F (m, Df)

Nops minas Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050330

Nops minas Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 94, f. 63G-L, 64A-G (Dmf) Original description

Nops navassa Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Navassa Is. (Haiti or USA) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050321

Nops navassa Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 47, f. 27J-L, 28A-F (Dmf) Original description

Nops nitidus Simon, 1907 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004070

Nops nitida Simon, 1907c: 264 (Df) Original description

Nops nitidus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 99, f. 66A-K (f)

Nops pallidus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050322

Nops pallidus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 48, f. 29A-F, 30A-D (Dm) Original description

Nops pocone Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050331

Nops pocone Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 99, f. 67A-G, 68A-L (Dmf) Original description

Nops quito Dupérré, 2014 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047068

Nops quito Dupérré, 2014b: 467, f. 6-9, 15, 19-20 (Dmf) Original description

Nops quito Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 102, f. 6K, 70A-G, 71A-F (mf)

Nops siboney Sánchez-Ruiz, 2004 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039328

Nops siboney Sánchez-Ruiz, 2004: 100, f. 11-12 (Dmf) Original description

Nops siboney Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 49, f. 30E-L, 31A-F (mf)

Nops sublaevis Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004073

Nops sublaevis Simon, 1893b: 450, pl. 9, f. 14 (Dmf) Original description

Nops sublaevis Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 105, f. 72A-G, 73A-L (mf)

Nops tico Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018 | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050324

Nops tico Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 61, f. 40F-L, 41A-F (Dmf) Original description

Nops toballus Chickering, 1967 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004074

Nops toballus Chickering, 1967a: 14, f. 18-19 (Dmf) Original description

Nops toballus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 53, f. 32A-F, 33A-K (mf)

Nops ursumus Chickering, 1967 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004075

Nops ursumus Chickering, 1967a: 16, f. 20-21 (Dmf) Original description

Nops ursumus Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 64, f. 42A-F, 43A-L (mf)

Nops variabilis Keyserling, 1877 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004076

Nops variabilis Keyserling, 1877c: 218, pl. 7, f. 8 (Dmf) Original description

Nops variabilis van Hasselt, 1887a: 85, pl. 6, f. 8-9 (f)

Nops variabilis Berland, 1913b: 85, pl. 7, f. 11 (mf, m may be a misidentified specimen of N. quito, per Dupérré, 2014b: 468)

Nops variabilis Gerhardt, 1921: 92, f. 5 (m)

Nops variabilis Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2018: 107, f. 71G-L, 74A-F (mf)