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Artículos de investigación · 2022

An update on the spider genus Caponina Simon (Araneae: Caponiidae) with descriptions of three new six-eyed species from Colombia

Sánchez Ruiz, Alexander

Three new six-eyed species of the spider genus Caponina Simon, 1891 are described, photographed, diagnosed and illustrated: C. alejandroi sp. nov. (male and female) from the Boyacá Department, C. bochalema sp. nov. (male) from the Santander Department and C. huila sp. nov. (male) from the Huila Department. Also, a emended diagnosis for the genus, a distribution map and an identifi cation key for all species of Caponina are provided.

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  • 1. Four eyes (rarely three)2
  • – Six eyes (rarely fi ve)3
  • 3. Males (those of C. chinacota and C. cajabamba, unknown)4
  • – Females (those of C. bochalema sp. nov. and C. huila sp. nov., unknown)11
  • 4. Cymbium short, length not reaching twice palpal tibia length (Fig. 3E, G)5
  • – Cymbium long, length more than twice as long as palpal tibia length (Fig. 3H, J)8
  • 5. Palpal femur with pronounced dorsal tubercle (Fig. 1E–G)6
  • 6. Tegulum round or oval, large, length greater than or equal to cymbium length (Fig. 3E–G)7
  • 8. Embolus base anteriorly directed (Fig. 3H–J)9
  • 9. Tegulum pear-shaped, small; palpal femur with dorsal tubercle10
  • 1994a: fi gs 24–25, 35)12
  • fi gs 32–34)14
  • extensions (Platnick 1994a: fi gs 24, 35)13
  • more of the pair of sclerotized bars (Figs 1I, 2E; Platnick 1994a: fi g. 33)15
  • the pair of sclerotized bars (Platnick 1994a: fi gs 32, 34)16
  • 2013: fi g. 10)17