Carapoia Explained

Carapoia is a genus of South American cellar spiders that was first described by M. A. González-Sponga in 1998.^[1]

Species

it contains forty-five species, found in Guyana, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, and Brazil:^[2]

• Carapoia abdita Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia agilis Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia alagoas Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia bispina Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia brescoviti Huber, 2005 – Brazil
• Carapoia cambridgei (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil
• Carapoia capixaba Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia carvalhoi Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia carybei Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia crasto Huber, 2005 – Brazil
• Carapoia dandarae Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia divisa Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia djavani Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia exigua Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia fowleri Huber, 2000 – Brazil, Guyana?
• Carapoia genitalis (Moenkhaus, 1898) – Brazil
• Carapoia gracilis Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia jiboia Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia kaxinawa Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia levii (Huber, 2000) – Brazil
• Carapoia lutea (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina
• Carapoia macacu Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia maculata Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia marceloi Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia mirim Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia munduruku Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia nairae Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia ocaina Huber, 2000 – Peru, Brazil
• Carapoia paraguaensis González-Sponga, 1998 (type) – Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil
• Carapoia patafina Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia pau Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia pulchra Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia rheimsae Huber, 2005 – Brazil
• Carapoia rubra Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia saltinho Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia septentrionalis Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia suassunai Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia tapajos Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia tenuis Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia ubatuba Huber, 2005 – Brazil
• Carapoia una Huber, 2005 – Brazil
• Carapoia utinga Huber, 2018 – Brazil
• Carapoia viridis Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia voltavelha Huber, 2016 – Brazil
• Carapoia zumbii Huber, 2016 – Brazil

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. González-Sponga. M. A.. 1998. Arácnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos géneros y cuatro nuevas especies de la familia Pholcidae Koch, 1850 (Araneae). Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales la Salle. 17–31. 57.
2. Gen. Carapoia González-Sponga, 1998. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.