The Spider Cytogenetic Database

Current version: 12.5 (Feb 29, 2024)

Douglas Araujo, Marielle Cristina Schneider, Emygdio Paula-Neto and Doralice Maria Cella​
Caponiidae  Simon, 1890

Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; n = haploid number; 3n = triploid number; 4n = tetraploid number; SCS = sex chromosome system; T = telocentric; A = acrocentric; St = subtelocentric; Sm = submetacentric; M = metacentric; H = holocentric; S = supernumerary chromosome; (?) = dubious description; (*) = designation of the species name not recorded in the taxonomic database.

Valid name Cited as 2n SCS Chromosomal morphology Collection site Bibliography
Caponia capensis Purcell, 1904 ---- (136) ---- 28M+24Sm+32St+52A South Africa Král et al., 2019
Caponia hastifera Purcell, 1904 ---- 128 X1X2X3X4X5X6X7X8X9X10Y1Y2 X1SmX2X3X4X5X6X7X8AX9SmX10AY1MY2A South Africa Král et al., 2019
Caponia natalensis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) ---- 152 X1X2X3X4X5X6 X1MX2SmX3X4X5MX6St South Africa Král et al., 2019
Nops aff. variabilis ---- 55 X1X2X3X4Y 42M+4Sm+4St+X1MX2X3SmX4YM Colombia Král et al., 2019
Nops sp. ---- (62 or 64) ---- mostly M/Sm Dominican Republic Král et al., 2019
Nopsides ceralbonus Chamberlin, 1924 ---- (64) ---- mostly M/Sm Mexico Král et al., 2019
Tarsonops sp. ---- (60) ---- 34M+16Sm+10St Mexico Král et al., 2019