Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Zelotes laetus
Littoral zone (Marchena); Arid zone and Transition zone (Isabela (Volcán Alcedo) and Santa Cruz).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Gnaphosoidea
Family
Gnaphosidae
Genus
Zelotes
Species
laetus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Zelotes reformans Chamberlin, 1924; Syn.: Zelotes reformans, fide Baert et al. (2008)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Galápagos distribution: Champion, Isabela, Marchena, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- Baert, L. Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Konjev Desender, Frederik Hendrickx (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1–188.
- 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, Zelotes laetus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11913. Accessed 1 November 2026.