Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Glenognatha argyrostilba
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Araneoidea
Family
Tetragnathidae
Genus
Glenognatha
Species
argyrostilba
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Glenognatha maelfaiti Baert, 1987;
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Neotropical and Afrotropical regions. Galápagos distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago (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.
- 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, Glenognatha argyrostilba", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18539. Accessed 1 November 2026.