Galapagos Species Database

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

Ero gemelosi Baert & Maelfait, 1984

Bursera forest, Scalesia forest, Fernsedge zone.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Family
Mimetidae

Genus
Ero

Species
gemelosi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution: Only known from Galápagos. Galápagos distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago (Baert et al., 2023).

References

  • 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.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (1997) Taxonomy, distribution and ecology of lycosid spiders occurring on the Santa Cruz island, Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Proc. 16th Europ. Coll. Arachnol.: 1-11.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (1986) A Contributution to the Knowledge of the Spider Fauna of Galápagos (Ecuador). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 56: 93-123.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.P. (1984) Spiders from the Galápagos Islands. II. Mimetidae. Bull. Annls. Soc. R. Belge Entomol. 120(4-6): 159-162.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.P. & Desender, K. (1989) Results of the Belgian 1988-expedition to the Galápagos Islands: Araneae. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 59: 5-22.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ero gemelosi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11928. Accessed 28 April 2025.