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

Carepalxis tuberculata Keyserling, 1886

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015497

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Capital Territory, Tasmania)

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Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 10f 19j (A 16651, 16659, 16670, 16672; 2f 16656 belong to Carepalxis montifera) - (Castanheira et al., 2025)
Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany j (A0001730) of Carepalxis furcula - (Castanheira et al., 2025)
Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany m (A0001768) of Carepalxis furcifera - (Framenau, 2019)
Lectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany f (A0001776) - (Castanheira et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Carepalxis tuberculata Keyserling, 1886a: 119, pl. 9, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Carepalxis furcula Keyserling, 1886a: 121, pl. 9, f. 6 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064220]

Epeira furcifera Keyserling, 1886a: 144, pl. 12, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017100]

Carepalxis tuberculata Simon, 1896a: 347 (Dm, S of Carepalxis furcula)

Verrucosa furcifera Archer, 1951a: 20 (T from Araneus)

Carepalxis tuberculata Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 22 (f)

Verrucosa furcifera Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015: 102 (misplaced in this genus)

Carepalxis furcifera Framenau, 2019: 6 (T from Verrucosa)

Carepalxis tuberculata Castanheira et al., 2025: 34, f. 3g-i, 4k-l, 29a-e, 30a-e, 31a-d, 32a-b, d-e (mf, S of Carepalxis furcifera)

References

Archer, A. F. (1951a). Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. American Museum Novitates 1487: 1-52. -- Show included taxa

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

Davies, V. T. (1988b). An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 273-332. -- Show included taxa

Framenau, V. W. (2019). Generic and family transfers, and nomina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions. Evolutionary Systematics 3: 1-27. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1886a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Zweiter Theil [Lieferung 33-34]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 87-152, pl. 7-12. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Lise, A. A., Kesster, C. C. & Silva, E. L. C. da (2015). Revision of the orb-weaving spider genus Verrucosa McCook, 1888 (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 3921(1): 1-105, Erratum 3956(4): 600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3921.1.1 [, 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.11] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1896a). Arachniden. In: Semon, R. (ed.) Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Jenaische Denkschriften 8, 341-352. -- 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
2025-07-20	Species synonymy	Castanheira et al., 2025		Carepalxis furcifera synonymized with Carepalxis tuberculata