Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Carepalxis

Carepalxis gibbosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2025-03-04
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015494]
  • Distribution: Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Brazil
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; j (1905.4.28.3212) (Levi, 1992a)
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; j (8494) of Carepalxis salobrensis (Levi, 1992a)
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; j (1905.4.28.3213) of Carepalxis rotunda (Levi, 1992a)
  • Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA; f of Carepalxis eremita (Levi, 1991a)
Taxonomic references
Carepalxis gibbosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 48, pl. 4, f. 10 (Dj).
Carepalxis gibbosa Keyserling, 1892: 54, pl. 2, f. 43 (j).
Carepalxis salobrensis Simon, 1895g: 157 (Df; j per Levi, 1992a: 259) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064221].
Carepalxis rotunda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 224, pl. 27, f. 7 (Df; j per Levi, 1992a: 259) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064222].
Carepalxis eremita Archer, 1965b: 131, f. 2-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064219].
Carepalxis salobrensis Levi, 1992a: 259, f. 11-17 (f, S of Carepalxis eremita, C. gibbosa and C. rotunda; chose the younger name as valid, without explanation).
References

Archer, A. F. (1965b). Nuevos argiopidos (arañas) de las Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 5: 129-133. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1892). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 4, 1-208. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1992a). The American species of the orb-weaver genus Carepalxis and the new genus Rubrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Cambridge 98(2-3, 1991): 251-264. doi:10.1155/1991/26493 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1889d). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 1-56, pl. 1-8. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1896a). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 161-224. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895g). Etudes arachnologiques. 26e. XLI. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: 131-160. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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