Capeta (genus)
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Capeta is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
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[edit] Name
Capeta is a Brazilian word for devil. tridens ("trident") refers to the three projections in the male palp seen in ventral view (the embolus, its basal projection and the retrolateral tibial apophysis).
[edit] Distribution
The only described species C. tridens is only known from the State of Bahia in Brazil.
[edit] References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
