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:

Bruchnops Mello-Leitão, 1939 = Caponina Simon, 1892 (Platnick, 1994a: 2)

Gen. Caponina Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00438

type Caponina testacea Simon, 1892; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Bruchnops Mello-Leitão, 1939d: 629 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04652] (type B. notabilis Mello-Leitão, 1939) by Platnick, 1994a: 2.

Transferred to other genera:

Caponina blanda Bryant, 1942 -- see Nops

Caponina darlingtoni Bryant, 1948 -- see Cubanops

Caponina leopoldi Zapfe, 1962 -- see Tisentnops

Caponina pelegrina Bryant, 1940 -- see Roddenberryus

Caponina sargi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 -- see Roddenberryus

In synonymy:

Caponina chacoensis (Birabén, 1951) = Caponina notabilis (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Brignoli, 1977a: 614, sub Bruchnops melloi)

Caponina melloi (Birabén, 1951, T from Bruchnops) = Caponina notabilis (Mello-Leitão, 1939) (Platnick, 1994a: 9)

Caponina alegre Platnick, 1994 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004039

Caponina alegre Platnick, 1994a: 8, f. 24, 26-28 (Dmf) Original description

Caponina alejandroi Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053946

Caponina alejandroi Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022: 91, f. 1A-I, 2A-E, 5A-B (Dmf) Original description

Caponina bochalema Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053947

Caponina bochalema Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022: 94, f. 3A-B, E-G, 4A-C, 5C-D (Dm) Original description

Caponina cajabamba Platnick, 1994 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004040

Caponina cajabamba Platnick, 1994a: 11, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Caponina cajabamba Villarreal-Blanco, Martínez & Eyes-Escalante, 2024: 206, f. 1A-H, 2A-E (Dm, f)

Caponina chilensis Platnick, 1994 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004041

Caponina chilensis Platnick, 1994a: 10, f. 1-20, 32, 36-38 (Dmf) Original description

Caponina chinacota Platnick, 1994 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004042

Caponina chinacota Platnick, 1994a: 13, f. 35 (Df) Original description

Caponina huila Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053948

Caponina huila Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2022: 98, f. 3C-D, H-J, 4D-F, 5E-F (m) Original description

Caponina longipes Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004044

Caponina longipes Simon, 1893b: 450, pl. 9, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Caponina longipes Platnick, 1994a: 7 (misplaced in this genus)

Caponina notabilis (Mello-Leitão, 1939) | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004045

Bruchnops notabilis Mello-Leitão, 1939d: 629 (Dm) Original description

Bruchnops notabilis Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 196, f. 89-91, pl. XII, f. 59 (m)

Bruchnops notabilis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1951: 333, f. 1-2 (Df)

Bruchnops melloi Birabén, 1951a: 57, f. 1, 3-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037971]

Bruchnops chacoensis Birabén, 1951a: 62, f. 2, 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037927]

Bruchnops melloi Brignoli, 1975f: 36, f. 2N (f)

Bruchnops melloi Brignoli, 1977a: 609, f. 1-7 (mf, S of Caponina chacoensis)

Caponina notabilis Platnick, 1994a: 8, f. 25, 29-31 (mf, T from Bruchnops, S of Bruchnops melloi)

Caponina papamanga Brescovit & Sánchez-Ruiz, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045862

Caponina papamanga Brescovit & Sánchez-Ruiz, 2013: 296, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Caponina paramo Platnick, 1994 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004046

Caponina paramo Platnick, 1994a: 12, f. 34, 39-41 (Dmf) Original description

Caponina testacea Simon, 1892 | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004049 TYPE SPECIES

Caponina testacea Simon, 1892e: 573 (Df) Original description

Caponina testacea Platnick, 1994a: 7, f. 21-22 (f)

Caponina tijuca Platnick, 1994 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004050

Caponina tijuca Platnick, 1994a: 7, f. 23 (Df) Original description