Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oxyopes incantatus
The specific epithet is the Latin for enchanted, and is a reference to “Las Islas Encantadas”, a nickname historically used by sailors to refer to the Galápagos Islands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Lycosoidea
Family
Oxyopidae
Genus
Oxyopes
Species
incantatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Oxyopes saltans Hentz, 1845. Oxyopes saltans (lapsus) Baert et al. 2008
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz, Isabela, Santiago, Fernandina, Pinta, Marchena.
- 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.
- Santos, A. J. (2017) The jumping lynx spider Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 1845 and its Neotropical relatives (Araneae: Oxyopidae). Zootaxa, 4216(5).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Oxyopes incantatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20399. Accessed 5 November 2026.