Galapagos Species Database
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Steatoda andina
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Araneoidea
Family
Theridiidae
Genus
Steatoda
Species
andina
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Distribution: Venezuela to Chile. Galápagos distribution: 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.
- S. W. Hann (1994) Descriptions of four Steatoda species (Araneae, Theridiidae) found in New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 21, 1994 - Issue 2
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"Galapagos Species Database, Steatoda andina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18548. Accessed 1 November 2026.