The caponiid spiders (family Caponiidae) include several genera of two eyed spiders, such as the North American genus Orthonops. Other genera have four or six eyes. These seldom are noticed, but generally look like somewhat faded woodlouse hunter spiders in the genus Dysdera. The carapace (cephalothorax or prosoma) is orange and the abdomen (opisthosoma) light gray. The two-eyed species have their two eyes in the anterior middle of the carapace. Suborders Araneomorphae Mesothelae Mygalomorphae See the taxonomy section for families Spiders are invertebrate animals that produce silk, have eight legs and no wings. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... Genera Cryptoparachtes Dasumia Dysdera Dysderocrates Folkia Harpactea Harpactocrates Holissus Hygrocrates Kaemis Mesostalita Minotauria Parachtes Parastalita Rhode Rhodera Sardostalita Speleoharpactea Stalagtia Stalita Stalitella Stalitochara Tedia The woodlouse hunters, sowbug-eating spiders or cell spiders, family Dysderidae, are araneomorph spiders found primarily in Eurasia, though extending into North Africa Dysderids have six... The term carapace refers to a dorsal section of an exoskeleton or shell, in a number of animal groups. ... Template:In progress The human abdomen (from the Latin word meaning belly) is the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax. ...

The caponiids are widely distributed. Their habits are for the most part unknown. They are ecribellate haplogyne spiders and thus probably relatively primitive. Several generic names in this family are puns based on the genus Nops. These include Notnops, Taintnops and Tisentnops. Oddly enough all three genera are from Chile. Some taxonomists do have a sense of humor!