Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Archipsocus spinosus
Scavenger; arid to humid zones; on many plants; possibly parthenogenetic; March-June. The sheet webs of these insects were common on tree trunks and branches, especially Parkinsonia trees, in the arid zone vegetation behind the Darwin Station in 1999. Spines or irregularities hold the webs away from the tree trunk, and the insects can be seen scuttling under the web.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Psocomorpha
Family
Archipsocidae
Genus
Archipsocus
Species
spinosus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1967
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Genovesa, Isabela, Pinta, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Sante Fe,
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
- Thornton, I.W.B. Woo, A.K.T. (1973) Psocoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Insects 15(1): 1-58.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Archipsocus spinosus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5551. Accessed 31 October 2026.