Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Phanias distans
Lower Arid zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Salticoidea
Family
Salticidae
Genus
Phanias
Species
distans
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Santa Cruz.
- 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. 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.
- Galiano, M.E. Baert, L. (1990) Distribution of the Galápagoan salticid species with the description of three new Sitticus speices (Araneae, Salticidae). Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 60: 123-132.
- Roth, V.D. Craig, P.R. (1970) Arachnida of the Galápagos Islands (Excluding Acarina). Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador (N. et J. Leleup, 1964-1965), 2: 107-124.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Phanias distans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11958. Accessed 1 November 2026.