Carepalxis
Carepalxis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Carepalxis L. Koch, 1872[1] |
Type species | |
L. Koch, 1872 | |
Species | |
12, see text |
Carepalxis is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872.[2] These spiders only build webs at night and break them down in the morning. builds orb webs up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter with closely woven spiral threads.[3]
Species[]
As of April 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]
- (Hasselt, 1873) — Australia (Victoria)
- Keyserling, 1886 — Australia (Queensland)
- Simon, 1895 — Paraguay, Argentina
- (Rainbow, 1896) — Australia (New South Wales)
- Rainbow, 1916 — Australia (Queensland)
- L. Koch, 1872 — Australia (Queensland)
- (Petrunkevitch, 1911) — Mexico
- Rainbow, 1916 — Australia (New South Wales)
- Simon, 1895 — Jamaica, Mexico to Brazil
- Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
- Chrysanthus, 1961 — New Guinea
- Keyserling, 1886 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Carepalxis L. Koch, 1872". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^ Koch, L. (1872). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet.
- ^ "Orb or Wheel weaving spiders: Family Araneidae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
Categories:
- Araneidae
- Araneomorphae genera
- Cosmopolitan spiders