Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

Pamplona, Raiany, Bonaldo, Alexandre Bragio & Pantoja, Paulo, 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), pp. 63-82 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.1.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17323281
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scientific name	Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942
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Aculepeira Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 View in CoL

Type species. Aculepeira packardi (Thorell, 1875) View in CoL

Diagnosis. Following Levi (1991), females of Aculepeira are recognized by having epigyne with a pointed scape, lacking a pocket at the tip ( Figs 13C, D View FIGURE 13 , 14B, C View FIGURE 14 ), while males have median apophysis bearing two flagella at its proximal end, boat- to disc-shaped conductor and conductor lobe absent ( Figs 12C, D View FIGURE 12 , 14A View FIGURE 14 ).

Description. See Levi (1998).