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Genus: Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Alpaida dominica Levi, 1988

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014519

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Described:

Distribution: Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f - (Levi, 1988)
Paratype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 2m 9f - (Levi, 1988)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1f - (Levi, 1988)

Taxonomic References

Alpaida dominica Levi, 1988: 410, f. 147-153 (Dmf) Original description

Alpaida dominica Sherwood et al., 2026c: 4, f. 1E (f)

References

Levi, H. W. (1988). The neotropical orb-weaving spiders of the genus Alpaida (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151(7): 365-487. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Mukhida, F., Connor, R. A., Hughes, G., Carter, D., Curtis, I., Hochart, J., Gumbs, K., Gumbs, J. C., Buckmire, Z., Morrishaw, Z., Child, N. & Bosquet, I. V. (2026c). New data on the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Anguilla, Lesser Antilles with description of seven new species. Faunitaxys 14(22): 1-30. doi: 10.57800/faunitaxys-14(22) -- 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
2026-03-19	Type repository inserted	Levi, 1988
2026-03-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026c