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Genus: Carepalxis L. Koch, 1872 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Carepalxis beelzebub (van Hasselt, 1873)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015486

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Described:

Distribution: New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea), Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History (RMNH), Leiden, Netherlands f (ARA.578) - (Castanheira et al., 2025)
Syntype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy 1m 1f of Acroaspis tuberculifera - (Castanheira et al., 2025)
Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f of Carepalxis suberosa - (Castanheira et al., 2025)
Holotype: Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History (RMNH), Leiden, Netherlands f (ARA.971) of Carepalxis tricuspidata - (Castanheira et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Epeira beelzebub van Hasselt, 1873: 240, pl. 12, f. A-C (Df) Original description

Acroaspis tuberculifera Thorell, 1881: 52 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014424]

Carepalxis suberosa Thorell, 1881: 48 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015495]

Carepalxis beelzebub Rainbow, 1911: 197

Carepalxis tricuspidata Chrysanthus, 1961b: 205, f. 50-53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015496]

Carepalxis beelzebub Castanheira et al., 2025: 18, f. 3a-c, 4c-d, 9a-e, 10a-e, 11a-d, 12a-b (Dm, f, S of Acroaspis tuberculifera, Carepalxis suberosa and C. tricuspidata)

References

Castanheira, P. de S., Dimitrov, Di., Baptista, R. L. C., Scharff, N. & Framenau, V. W. (2025). Taxonomy and systematics of the Australasian gum nut orb-weaving spider genus Carepalxis (Araneae, Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics 39(7, IS25009): 1-45. doi: 10.1071/IS25009 -- Show included taxa

Chrysanthus, P. (1961b). Spiders from south New Guinea IV. Nova Guinea, Zoology 10: 195-214. -- Show included taxa

Hasselt, A. W. M. van (1873). Araneae exoticae, quas collegit pro museo Lugdunensi D. A. Van Kaathoven, S. T., Novâ Hollandiâ (Melbourne). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 16: 236-243. -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1881). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1-720. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-20	First description of male	Castanheira et al., 2025	Old value
2025-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Castanheira et al., 2025
2025-07-20	Species distribution update	Castanheira et al., 2025	Old value
2025-07-20	Species synonymy	Castanheira et al., 2025		Carepalxis tricuspidata synonymized with Carepalxis beelzebub
2025-07-20	Species synonymy	Castanheira et al., 2025		Carepalxis tuberculifera synonymized with Carepalxis beelzebub
2025-07-20	Species synonymy	Castanheira et al., 2025		Carepalxis suberosa synonymized with Carepalxis beelzebub