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Genus: Capheris Simon, 1893 | Family: Zodariidae Thorell, 1881

Capheris decorata Simon, 1904

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025644

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Described:

Distribution: Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO-0026289) - (Simon, 1904d)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (2426) - (Jocqué, 2009a)

Taxonomic References

Capheris decorata Simon, 1904d: 66 (Dm) Original description

Capheris transvaalicus Hewitt, 1915a: 99, f. 2a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025656]

Capheris decorata Jocqué, 2009a: 130, f. 112, 131-148, 161-164, 179 (m, Df, S of Capheris transvaalica)

Capheris decorata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a: 30, f. 1-11 (mf)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Jocqué, R., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2024a). The Zodariidae of South Africa. Part 1 (A-D). Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 91 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.14404920 -- Show included taxa

Hewitt, J. (1915a). Descriptions of several new or rare species of Araneae from the Transvaal and neighbourhood. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 5: 89-100. -- Show included taxa

Jocqué, R. (2009a). Some keep it short: on the radiation in the Afrotropical spider genera Capheris and Systenoplacis (Araneae, Zodariidae) without male pedipalp complexity increase. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 5: 77-148. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1904d). Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux faisant partie de la collection du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 12: 65-70. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-12-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a
2024-12-16	Species distribution update	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2024a	Old value