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
(2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae) (2005) (2006): Gavarilla, a new genus of jumping spider from Brazil, and description of two new species of the genera Capeta Ruiz & Brescovit and Amatorculus Ruiz & Brescovit (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticinae). PDF