Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Laminacauda baerti
This species has its highest abundances in the Fern-sedge zone of all cited islands or volcanoes. It was also found in the Miconia zone (San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz), the Scalesia forest (Santa Cruz) and in the summit Arid zone (Cerro Azul).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Araneoidea
Family
Linyphiidae
Genus
Laminacauda
Species
baerti
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Laminacauda dentichelis, fide Baert et al. (2008)
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Panama, Colombia. Galápagos distribution: Isabela (Cerro Azul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo), San Cristóbal, 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, Laminacauda baerti", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11916. Accessed 5 June 2026.