Menneus capensis

{{Short description|Species of spider endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa}}

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| image = Cape camel-back spider (Menneus capensis) 1.jpg

| image2 = Cape camel-back spider (Menneus capensis) 5.jpg

| genus = Menneus

| species = capensis

| authority = (Purcell, 1904)

| synonyms = * Avellopsis capensis Purcell, 1904

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Menneus capensis, also known as Cape camel-back spider, is a species of net-casting spider in the family Deinopidae. It is endemic to the Western Cape in South Africa.{{cite web |title=Cape Camel-back Spider (Menneus capensis) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/674908-Menneus-capensis |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last1=Coddington |first1=Jonathan A. |last2=Kuntner |first2=Matjaz |last3=Opell |first3=Brent D. |date=2012 |title=Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae with a Revision of the Genus Menneus |url=https://figshare.com/articles/book/Systematics_of_the_Spider_Family_Deinopidae_with_a_Revision_of_the_Genus_Menneus/9762029/1/files/17594117.pdf |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |language=en |issue=636 |pages=1–61 |doi=10.5479/si.00810282.636.1|doi-access=free }}{{Rp|page=15}}