Copuetta

Copuetta
Female C. lacustris
Female C. lacustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae
Genus:	Copuetta Haddad, 2013 [1]
Type species
C. maputa Haddad, 2013
Species
13, see text

Copuetta is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by C. R. Haddad in 2013. ^[2]

Species

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

• Copuetta comorica Haddad, 2013 – Comoros
• Copuetta erecta Haddad, 2013 – Mozambique, South Africa
• Copuetta kakamega Haddad, 2013 – Kenya
• Copuetta kwamgumi Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta lacustris (Strand, 1916) – Central, East, Southern Africa
• Copuetta lesnei Haddad, 2013 – Mozambique
• Copuetta litipo Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta lotzi Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
• Copuetta magna Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa
• Copuetta maputa Haddad, 2013 – Mozambique, South Africa (type species)
• Copuetta naja Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta uzungwa Haddad, 2013 – Tanzania
• Copuetta wagneri Haddad, 2013 – Uganda

References

1. "Genus Copuetta". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
2. Haddad, C. R. (2013). "Taxonomic notes on the spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae, Corinnidae), with the description of the new genera Copuetta and Wasaka and the first cladistic analysis of Afrotropical Castianeirinae". Zootaxa. 3688: 1–79. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3688.1.1. PMID   26146688.