Capeta

Capeta is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

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).

Species

• Capeta cachimbo Ruiz & Brescovit, 2006
• Capeta tridens Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005

Distribution

C. tridens is only known from the State of Bahia in Brazil, while C. cachimbo was found in the Serra do Cachimbo, Pará.

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.