Ocrepeira topazio

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

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Ocrepeira
Species: Ocrepeira topazio

Name

Ocrepeira topazio (Ferreira-Sousa & Motta, 2022)

Type locality: Brazil, Goiás, Cristalina, Serra dos Topázios (-16.716671, -47.633332)

Typus: Holotype, female ♀, DZUB-8699, legit P.C. Motta, XI.2016.

Synonymy

• Carepalxis topazio Ferreira-Sousa & Motta, 2022: 394 (Original combination)
• Ocrepeira topazio (Ferreira-Sousa & Motta, 2022); Castanheira et al., 2025: 41

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Ferreira-Sousa, L. & Motta, P.C. 2022. Diagnostic notes on the spider orb-weaving genera Carepalxis and Ocrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae), with description of three new species from Central Brazil. Zootaxa 5087(2): 389–399. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.9. . Reference page. 

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