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Cerionesta pacifica (Banks, 1902)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Salticoidea

Family
Salticidae

Genus
Cerionesta

Species
pacifica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Philaeus pacificus Banks, 1902;

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution: Only known from Galápagos. Galápagos distribution: Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela (Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Darwin, V. Wolf), Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago, Wolf (Baert et al., 2023).

References

  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cerionesta pacifica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20268. Accessed 5 June 2026.