World Spider Catalog

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

Carepalxis megalostylus Castanheira, Dimitrov, Baptista, Scharff & Framenau, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065617

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Described:

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia f (KS.54361) - (Castanheira et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Carepalxis megalostylus Castanheira et al., 2025: 27, f. 4g-h, 21a-e, 22a-e (Df) Original description

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Castanheira et al., 2025
2025-07-20	New species inserted	Castanheira et al., 2025

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