Domed Gum-Nut Orb-weaver Carepalxis tholos Castanheira, Dimitrov, Baptista, Scharff & Framenau, 2025
Fauna Portal species: 13728
Carepalxis tholos male, dorsal (SAM NN30842; W of Bookabie, South Australia)
Image: P. Castanheira (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 10184Diagnosis
(after Castanheira et al. 2025): Males have a fully formed small and rounded projection on outer margin of median apophysis. Females have a dome-shape massive abdomen (collapsed in some specimens) and epigyne with much wider than long atrium; scape not protruding on its base, flattened and uniformly tapering to a rounded tip; central division wide with slanted and very sclerotised borders.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western 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).