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.

In synonymy:

Colophon O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 = Caponia Simon, 1887 (Simon, 1887d: 194, replacement name, preoccupied)

Gen. Caponia Simon, 1887 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00437

type Colophon natalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874; gender feminine

N.B.: replacement name for Colophon O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874c: 170 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04990], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Gray, 1832.

Nomen dubium:

Caponia abyssinica Strand, 1908m: 80 (f, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 23

Caponia braunsi Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004029

Caponia braunsi Purcell, 1904: 167, pl. 11, f. 32 (Dm) Original description

Caponia braunsi Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 6, 2 f. (m)

Caponia capensis Purcell, 1904 | | Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004030

Caponia capensis Purcell, 1904: 168, pl. 11, f. 33 (Dmf) Original description

Caponia capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 7, 6 f. (mf)

Caponia chelifera Lessert, 1936 | | Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004031

Caponia chelifera Lessert, 1936: 214, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Caponia chelifera Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 8, 4 f. (m)

Caponia forficifera Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004032

Caponia forficifera Purcell, 1904: 167, pl. 11, f. 31 (Dm) Original description

Caponia forficifera Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 9, 2 f. (m)

Caponia hastifera Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004033

Caponia hastifera Purcell, 1904: 168, pl. 11, f. 34 (Dmf) Original description

Caponia hastifera Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 10, p. 3: 1 f., p. 10: 4 f. (m)

Caponia karrooica Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004034

Caponia karrooica Purcell, 1904: 166, pl. 11, f. 30 (Dmf) Original description

Caponia karrooica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 11, 3 f. (m)

Caponia natalensis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) | | Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004035 TYPE SPECIES

Colophon natalensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874c: 170, pl. 17, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Caponia natalensis Simon, 1887d: 194

Caponia natalensis Simon, 1893a: 329, f. 286, 292-294

Caponia natalensis Cooke, 1972b: 90, f. 3 (m)

Caponia natalensis Murphy & Roberts, 2015: 535, f. 26 (mf)

Caponia natalensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 12, 2 f. (m)

Caponia secunda Pocock, 1900 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004036

Caponia secunda Pocock, 1900e: 321 (Df) Original description

Caponia simoni Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004037

Caponia simoni Purcell, 1904: 168, pl. 11, f. 35 (Dmf) Original description

Caponia simoni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 14, 1 f. (m)

Caponia spiralifera Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004038

Caponia spiralifera Purcell, 1904: 166, pl. 11, f. 28-29 (Dmf) Original description

Caponia spiralifera Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020d: 15, 4 f. (m)