Carepalxis


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 — Australia
  • Carepalxis bilobata Keyserling, 1886 — Australia
  • Carepalxis camelus Simon, 1895 — Paraguay, Argentina
  • Carepalxis coronata — Australia
  • Carepalxis lichensis Rainbow, 1916 — Australia
  • Carepalxis montifera L. Koch, 1872 — Australia
  • Carepalxis perpera — Mexico
  • Carepalxis poweri Rainbow, 1916 — Australia
  • Carepalxis salobrensis Simon, 1895 — Jamaica, Mexico to Brazil
  • Carepalxis suberosa Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
  • Carepalxis tricuspidata Chrysanthus, 1961 — New Guinea
  • Carepalxis tuberculata Keyserling, 1886 — Australia