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

Carepalxis montifera L. Koch, 1872

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015491

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)

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Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany f (A0001729) - (Castanheira et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Carepalxis montifera L. Koch, 1872a: 123, pl. 10, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Carepalxis montifera Castanheira et al., 2025: 15, f. 4a-b, 5a-f, 6a-e, 7a-e, 32c (f)

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

Koch, L. (1872a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 3-7]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 105-368, pl. 8-28. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Castanheira et al., 2025
2025-07-20	Species distribution update	Castanheira et al., 2025	Old value