''Carepalxis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medic ...
in 1872.
These spiders only build webs at night and break them down in the morning. ''
C. coronata'' builds orb webs up to in diameter with closely woven spiral threads.
Species
it contains twelve species:
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Carepalxis beelzebub''
(Hasselt, 1873) — Australia (Victoria)
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Carepalxis bilobata''
Keyserling, 1886 — Australia (Queensland)
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Carepalxis camelus''
Simon, 1895 — Paraguay, Argentina
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Carepalxis coronata''
(Rainbow, 1896) — Australia (New South Wales)
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Carepalxis lichensis''
Rainbow, 1916 — Australia (Queensland)
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Carepalxis montifera
''Carepalxis'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, ...
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L. Koch, 1872 — Australia (Queensland)
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Carepalxis perpera
''Carepalxis'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872. These spiders only build webs at night and break them down in the morning. '' C. coronata'' builds orb webs up to in diameter with closely wo ...
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(Petrunkevitch, 1911) — Mexico
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Carepalxis poweri''
Rainbow, 1916 — Australia (New South Wales)
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Carepalxis salobrensis''
Simon, 1895 — Jamaica, Mexico to Brazil
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Carepalxis suberosa''
Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
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Carepalxis tricuspidata''
Chrysanthus, 1961 — New Guinea
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Carepalxis tuberculata''
Keyserling, 1886 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2938160
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders