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Issue: Vol. 5696 No. 1: 23 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.4
Page range: 63-82
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Three new species of the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889, the real male of A. guimaraes Levi, 1988 and the male of Aculepeira apa Levi, 1991 (Araneae: Araneidae)

Instituto Federal de Educação; Ciências e Tecnologia do Pará; Campus Belém; Av. Almirante Barroso; 1155; CEP 66093-020; Marco; Belém; PA; Brazil.; Laboratório de Aracnologia; Coordenação de Zoologia; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Av. Perimetral; 1901; CEP 66077-830; Terra Firme; Belém; PA; Brazil.
Laboratório de Aracnologia; Coordenação de Zoologia; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Av. Perimetral; 1901; CEP 66077-830; Terra Firme; Belém; PA; Brazil.
Laboratório de Aracnologia; Coordenação de Zoologia; Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi; Av. Perimetral; 1901; CEP 66077-830; Terra Firme; Belém; PA; Brazil.; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Pará / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
Araneae Spiders Araneoidea taxonomy Brazilian Amazon Neotropical Region

Abstract

Three new species of Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 are described from the Brazilian Amazon region: Alpaida tukano sp. nov., A. kayapo sp. nov. and A. tupinamba sp. nov. Alpaida murtinho Levi, 1988 is newly synonymized with A. guimaraes Levi, 1988 and the male originally associated with A. guimaraes is redescribed as A. tupinamba sp. nov. The true male of A. guimaraes is redescribed, and the male of Aculepeira apa Levi, 1991 is described for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Pamplona, R., Bonaldo, A.B. & Pantoja, P. (2025) Three new species of the orb-weaving spider genus Alpaida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889, the real male of A. guimaraes Levi, 1988 and the male of Aculepeira apa Levi, 1991 (Araneae: Araneidae). Zootaxa, 5696 (1), 63–82. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.4