Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Erigone miniata
Lives in the Transition zone (Santa Cruz), Scalesia forest (Floreana, Santa Cruz), evergreen forest (Pinta), Miconia zone (Santa Cruz) and Fern-sedge zone (Fernandina, Santa Cruz, Santiago).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Araneoidea
Family
Linyphiidae
Genus
Erigone
Species
miniata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Only known from Galápagos. Galápagos distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela (Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo), Pinta, Pinzon,San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
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- Baert, L.L. (1990) Spiders of the Galápagos. Part 5. Linyphiidae. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 8(5): 129-138.
- 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, Erigone miniata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11915. Accessed 3 November 2026.