Capeta (spider)
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Capeta is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
[edit] Etymology
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).
The only species C. tridens is only known from the State of Bahia in Brazil.
[edit] Species
- Capeta tridens Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 (Brazil)
