Carepalxis beelzebub

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Carepalxis beelzebub (van Hasselt, 1873)

Type locality: Wangaratta (36°21′S, 146°16′E), Victoria, Australia.

Typus: Holotype female ♀ RMNH.ARA.5784

Epeira beelzebub van Hasselt, 1873: 240 (Original combination)
Carepalxis beelzebub van Hasselt, 1873; Rainbow, 1911: 197
Carepalxis suberosa Thorell, 1881: 48. (synonymized by De Souza Castanheira et al., 2025: 18)
- Type locality: Yule Island (8°49′S, 146°32′E, Papua New Guinea.
  - Holotype: MSNG. female ♀. 1875. legit L.M. D’Albertis.
Acroaspis tuberculifera Thorell, 1881: 52. (synonymized by De Souza Castanheira et al., 2025: 18)
- Type locality: Somerset (Cape York) (10°41′28.2″S, 142°31′56.5″E, Queensland, Australia.
  - Syntypes: MSNG. 1 male ♂ and 1 female ♀. 1875. legit L.M. D’Albertis
Carepalxis tricuspidata Chrysanthus, 1961: 205. (synonymized by De Souza Castanheira et al., 2025: 18)
- Type locality: Merauke (8°29′S, 140°23′E, West Papua, Indonesia
  - Holotype: RMNH. female ♀. 1956–1957. legit Br. Monulf. RMNH.ARA.971

Koch, L.C.C. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. [Erster Theil]. (=Vol.1) Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 105–368. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 Reference page.

de Souza Castanheira, P., Dimitrov, D.S., Cerqueira Baptista, R.L., Scharff, N. & Framenau, V.W. 2025. Taxonomy and systematics of the Australasian gum nut orb-weaving spider genus Carepalxis (Araneae, Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics 39(7, IS25009): 1-45. DOI: 10.1071/IS25009. . Reference page.