Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Neocautinella neoterica (Keyserling, 1886)

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).

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.