Key to female American Carepalxis

(modified from Levi, 1992)

1. Epigynum with a scape more than twice longer than its own medial width (Figs. 2, 3, 16, 17)......................... 2

- Epigynum with a shorter scape or without scape (Levi, 1992, figs. 6, 7, 11)....................................... 4

2. (1) Scape two times longer than the base of the epigynum (Figs. 2, 3, 4); median plate hidden by lateral plates in posterior view (Fig. 2); abdomen with one pair of tubercles (Figs. 6, 9)...................................................... 3

- Scape less than two times longer than the base (Figs. 16, 17); posterior median plate visible in posterior view (Fig. 18); abdomen with five pairs of tubercles (Fig. 19).................................................... topazio n. sp.

3. (2) Scape straight (Levi, 1922, fig. 3), base of the epigynum four times wider than the width of the scape (Levi, 1992, fig. 1)................................................................................................ camelus

- Scape slightly curved (Fig. 3), base of the epigynum two and a half times wider than the width of the scape (Fig. 2).............................................................................................. quasimodo n. sp.

4. (1) Epigynum without scape (Levi, 1992, figs. 11, 13); abdomen subspherical with 1 or 2 pairs of anterior humps (Levi, 1992, fig. 15); Mexico to Peru and Brazil .................................................................. salobrensis

- Epigynum with oval scape (Levi, 1992, fig. 6); abdomen with 5 pairs of tubercles and 3 median, posterior tubercles (Levi, 1992, figs. 8, 9); Baja California, Mexico ................................................................. perpera