Capheris

Capheris is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae with thirteen species from sub-Saharan Africa and India.^[1] It was first described in 1893 by Eugène Louis Simon.^[2]

Capheris
Female C. langi
Male C. subtilis
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

• 
  female C. decorata
• 
  male C. decorata
• 
  female C. subtilis

As of September 2025^[update], this genus includes thirteen species:^[1]

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