Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Creugas bellator
It is found in humid forests and highland Pampa vegetation on Floreana, Cerro Azul and Volcán Wolf. On Santa Cruz it was most abundant in the Scalesia forest and the Fern-sedge zone, but was also encountered in the Littoral zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Corinnoidea
Family
Corinnidae
Genus
Creugas
Species
bellator
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador. Galápagos distribution: Floreana, Isabela (Cerro Azul, V. Wolf), Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
- Buchholz, S. Baert, L., Rodríguez, J., E Causton, C., & Jäger, H. (2020) Spiders in Galapagos–diversity, biogeography and origin. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(1), 41-48.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Creugas bellator", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11906. Accessed 3 November 2026.