{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | name = Cape Simorcus Crab Spider | image = Simorcus capensis - Cecile Roux - 467859063.jpeg | image_caption = | image2 = Simorcus capensis - Cecile Roux - 467859031.jpeg | image2_caption = | taxon = Simorcus capensis | authority = Simon, 1895<ref name="wsc" /> | synonyms = }}
'''''Simorcus capensis''''' is a species of spider in the family Thomisidae.<ref name="wsc" /> It is commonly known as the '''Cape Simorcus crab spider''' and is found in Tanzania and South Africa.<ref name="dippenaar2020" />
==Distribution== ''Simorcus capensis'' is known from Tanzania and South Africa.<ref name="wsc" />
In South Africa, the species has been recorded from Eastern Cape (Alicedale, Great Fish River Wetland Park, Kudu Nature Reserve, Howiesons Poort), Northern Cape (Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, Rooipoort Nature Reserve), and Western Cape (Cape Town, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Marloth Nature Reserve, Kogelberg Nature Reserve).<ref name="dippenaar2020" />
==Habitat and ecology== ''Simorcus capensis'' are found on foliage and the bark of trees, shrubs, and herbs in Fynbos, Savanna, and Thicket biomes, at altitudes ranging from 1 to 1,155 m.<ref name="dippenaar2020" />
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==Conservation== ''Simorcus capensis'' is listed as Least Concern due to its wide geographical range.<ref name="dippenaar2020" />
==Etymology== The species name ''capensis'' refers to the Cape Colony, the original type locality given by Eugène Simon.<ref name="simon1895" />
==Taxonomy== ''Simorcus capensis'' was described by Eugène Simon in 1895 with the type locality given only as Cape Colony. The species is the type species of the genus ''Simorcus''.<ref name="simon1895" /> It was revised by Van Niekerk and Dippenaar-Schoeman in 2010 and is known from both sexes.<ref name="vanniekerk2010" />
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite journal |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/41530 |title=Simorcus capensis Simon, 1895 |journal=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |accessdate=2025-10-01 |doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2020">{{cite book |last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman |first1=A.S. |last2=Haddad |first2=C.R. |last3=Foord |first3=S.H. |last4=Lotz |first4=L.N. |year=2020 |title=The Thomisidae of South Africa. Part 2 My-R. Version 1 |publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide |page=63 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.7513276}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name="simon1895">{{cite book |last=Simon |first=E. |year=1895 |title=Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier |publisher=Roret |location=Paris |pages=761–1084 |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973}}</ref> <ref name="vanniekerk2010">{{cite journal |last1=van Niekerk |first1=P. |last2=Dippenaar-Schoeman |first2=A.S. |year=2010 |title=A revision of the spider genus Simorcus Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae) of the Afrotropical region |journal=African Entomology |volume=18 |pages=66–86 |doi=10.4001/003.018.0108 }}</ref> }}
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Category:Thomisidae Category:Spiders of Africa Category:Spiders described in 1895 Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon