Species list, Checklist of Family Caponiidae (Caponiid spiders) for Namibia (Southern Africa)

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Checklist for Family Caponiidae Simon, 1890 (Caponiid spiders)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	126 448 1135	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	101 372 837	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	54 287 710	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	53 284 705	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	43 265 668	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	42 264 667	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Caponioidea Simon, 1890	1 2 6	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Caponiidae Simon, 1890 Caponiid spiders, Two-Eyed-Spiders	2 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Namibia
2 Genera with 6 Species

Caponia Simon, 1874	Eight-eyed orange lungless spiders	2	Species	Taxom
Diploglena Purcell, 1928		5	Species	Taxom

Species list for Namibia
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Caponia capensis William Fred..., 1904
Caponia natalensis Octavius Pic..., 1874
Diploglena arida Haddad, 2015
Diploglena capensis William Fred..., 1904	Two-eyed orange spider
Diploglena capensis major Lawrence, 1928
Diploglena karooica Haddad, 2015
Diploglena major Lawrence, 1928

Subnodes of Caponiidae with occurrences in Namibia

Subfamily

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4

Genus
Species

Links, sources and further information

Caponiidae at gbif.org
Caponiidae at irmng.org
Caponiidae at itis.gov