Cynapes is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

Species it contains four species, found only in Africa: Cynapes baptizatus (Butler, 1876) – Mauritius (Rodriguez) Cynapes canosus Simon, 1900 – Mauritius Cynapes lineatus (Vinson, 1863) – Réunion, Mauritius Cynapes wrighti (Blackwall, 1877) (type) – Seychelles

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