Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Neocautinella neoterica
Littoral zone, lower Arid zone, Bursera forest, Culture zone, Miconia zone, Scalesia forest , Fern-sedge zone; summit Arid zone (xerophylic Fern-sedge and Opuntia-zone) on Cerro Azul (Isabela).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Araneoidea
Family
Linyphiidae
Genus
Neocautinella
Species
neoterica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Neocautinella ochoai Baert, 1990; Syn.: Neocautinella ochoai, fide Baert et al. (2008)
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. Galápagos distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela
- 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, Neocautinella neoterica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11922. Accessed 7 June 2026.