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The American Species of the Orb-Weaver Genus Carepalxis and the New Genus Rubrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae)

Psyche (New York) (1991) 98(2-3) 251-264
DOI: 10.1155/1991/26493
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There are three species of Carepalxis in America: C. camelus, C. perpera and C. salobrensis. Only females of these species are known. Carepalxis vianai is synonymized with C. camelus; C. gibbosa, C. rotunda and C. eremita with C. salobrensis. Carepalxis bispinosa belongs in Ocrepeira; C. normalis in Scoloderus. The new genus Rubrepeira is for Verrucosa rubronigra. Acrosoma riscoi is a synonym of R. rubronigra. © 1991, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Levi, H. W. (1991). The American Species of the Orb-Weaver Genus Carepalxis and the New Genus Rubrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche (New York), 98(2–3), 251–264. https://doi.org/10.1155/1991/26493

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