Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Theotima galapagosensis
Lower Arid zone, Bursera forest, Transition woodland, Culture zone, Miconia zone, Scalesia forest, Fern-sedge zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Leptonetoidea
Family
Ochyroceratidae
Genus
Theotima
Species
galapagosensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Theotima galapagoensis Baert & Maelfait, 1986;
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Only known from Galápagos. Galápagos distribution: Floreana, Isabela (Cerro Azul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo), Pinta, Pinzon, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé (Baert et al., 2023).
- 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, Theotima galapagosensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11984. Accessed 3 November 2026.