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 woven spiral threads.
Species
it contains twelve species:
- Carepalxis beelzebub <small>(Hasselt, 1873)</small> â Australia (Victoria)
- Carepalxis bilobata <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Carepalxis camelus <small>Simon, 1895</small> â Paraguay, Argentina
- Carepalxis coronata <small>(Rainbow, 1896)</small> â Australia (New South Wales)
- Carepalxis lichensis <small>Rainbow, 1916</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Carepalxis montifera <small>L. Koch, 1872</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Carepalxis perpera <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1911)</small> â Mexico
- Carepalxis poweri <small>Rainbow, 1916</small> â Australia (New South Wales)
- Carepalxis salobrensis <small>Simon, 1895</small> â Jamaica, Mexico to Brazil
- Carepalxis suberosa <small>Thorell, 1881</small> â New Guinea
- Carepalxis tricuspidata <small>Chrysanthus, 1961</small> â New Guinea
- Carepalxis tuberculata <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> â Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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