Gluepot Gum-nut Orb-weaver Carepalxis kolla Castanheira, Dimitrov, Baptista, Scharff & Framenau, 2025
Fauna Portal species: 13726
Carepalxis kolla female, dorsal (SAM NN18561; Gluepot Reserve, 8.5 km W–WNW Gluepot Homestead, South Australia)
Image: P. Castanheira (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10174Diagnosis
(after Castanheira et al. 2025): Females have epigyne with rounded lateral lobes; atrium longer than wide; scape base elevated, medially almost completely covering the atrium, and tip surpassing the epigyne area by 1/5 of the scape’s length. Male is unknown.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- South Australia
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Publications
(2025): Taxonomy and systematics of the Australasian gum nut orb-weaving spider genus Carepalxis (Araneae, Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics (submitted).