Alpaida alticeps

Alpaida alticeps

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Alpaida
Species: Alpaida alticeps

Name

Alpaida alticeps (Keyserling, 1879)

Type locality: Nova Friburgo, Est. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Holotype ♀: BMNH

Synonyms

• Epeira alticeps Keyserling, 1879
• Araneus carteri Badcock, 1932
• Verrucosa alticeps — Roewer, 1942
• Alpaida alticeps — Levi, 1976

References

• Keyserling, E. 1879. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 29: 293–349. [311, pl. 4, f. 13 (D♀)]
• Levi, H. W. 1976. The orb-weaver genera Verrucosa, Acanthepeira, Wagneriana, Acacesia, Wixia, Scoloderus and Alpaida north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 147: 351–391. [358]
• Levi, H. W. 1988. The neotropical orb-weaving spiders of the genus Alpaida (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 151: 365–487. [415, f. 182-187]