Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Selenops mexicanus
Araña cangrejo de pared, Wall crab spiders
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Selenopoidea
Family
Selenopidae
Genus
Selenops
Species
mexicanus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Selenops galapagoensis (Banks, 1902); Syntype of S. galapagoensis: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MZC).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1898
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Stowaway
Subpathway: Hitchhiker on transport vehicles/cargo
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinzón, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago
- 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.
- 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, Selenops mexicanus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18538. Accessed 1 November 2026.