Capheris

Capheris is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 1893 by Eugène Louis Simon.^[2] As of November 2024^[update], it contains 13 species, from sub-Saharan Africa and India.^[1]

Capheris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Capheris Simon[1]
Type species
Capheris crassimana
Species
13, see text

Species

Capheris comprises 13 species:^[1]

• C. abrupta Jocqué, 2009 — South Africa
• C. apophysalis Lawrence, 1928 — Namibia
• C. approximata (Karsch, 1878) — Namibia, South Africa
• C. brunnea (Marx, 1893) — Congo
• C. crassimana (Simon, 1887) (type) — Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
• C. decorata Simon, 1904 — Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
• C. escheri Reimoser, 1934 — India
• C. fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1936 — Zimbabwe, Botswana
• C. kunenensis Lawrence, 1927 — Namibia
• C. langi Lawrence, 1936 — Botswana, South Africa
• C. oncka Lawrence, 1927 — Angola, Namibia, Botswana
• C. stillata Simon, 1905 — India
• C. subtilis Jocqué, 2009 — Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa