Nopsma is a genus of tropical spiders in the family Caponiidae. It was first described by A. Sánchez-Ruiz, Antônio Domingos Brescovit and A. B. Bonaldo in 2020.[2] It was originally described under the name "Nyetnops juchuy" in 2014.[3] They are found in Central and South America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Caponiidae |
| Genus: | Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nyetnops juchuy (Dupérré, 2014)
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Species edit
As of November 2021[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- N. armandoi Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 – Nicaragua
- N. enriquei Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 – Peru
- N. florencia Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020 – Colombia
- N. juchuy (Dupérré, 2014) – Ecuador
- N. leticia Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2021 – Colombia
- N. macagual Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2021 – Colombia
- N. paya Sánchez-Ruiz, Martínez & Bonaldo, 2021 – Colombia
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Nopsma Sánchez-Ruiz, Brescovit & Bonaldo, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ Sánchez-Ruiz, A.; Brescovit, A. D.; Bonaldo, A. B. (2020). "Revision of the spider genus Nyetnops Platnick & Lise (Araneae: Caponiidae) with proposition of the new genus Nopsma, from Central and South America". Zootaxa. 4751 (3): 461–486. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.3. PMID 32230405. S2CID 214748535.
- ^ Dupérré, N. (2014). "Three new species of Caponiid spiders from Ecuador (Araneae, Caponiidae)". Zootaxa. 3838 (4): 462–474. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3838.4.5. PMID 25081790.
Further reading edit
- Sánchez-Ruiz, A.; Martínez, L.; Bonaldo, A. B. (2021). "Three new species of the spider genus Nopsma (Araneae, Caponiidae, Nopinae) from Colombia". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97 (2): 383–392. doi:10.3897/zse.97.69089.