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Genus: Carapoia González-Sponga, 1998 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Carapoia taperae (Mello-Leitão, 1929)

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Syntype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil 1m 1f (1468, lost) - (Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Psilochorus taperae Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 94, f. 3-5 (Dmf) Original description

Psilochorus taperae Huber, 2000: 345 (may be misplaced)

Carapoia taperae Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026: 31 (T from Psilochorus, tentatively)

References

Huber, B. A. (2000). New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L. & Cabra-García, J. (2026). On South American spiders previously misplaced in Psilochorus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae), with the description of a new genus with a remarkable disjunct distribution. Zootaxa 5828(1): 1-37, f. S1-S2. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.1.1 [[Zoobank: E769C439-2FDB-44C4-951B-ADF6BD349D98]] -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929c). Aranhas do Pernambuco, colhidas por D. Bento Pickel. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 1: 91-112. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026
2026-06-09	Species transferred to new genus	Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026		Species transferred from Psilochorus Simon, 1893 to Carapoia González-Sponga, 1998