Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Camillina cruz
Littoral zone, coastal Arid zone, summit Arid zone on Cerro Azul, Volcán Alcedo and Volcán Wolf, Bursera forest, Miconia-zone and Fernsedge zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Gnaphosoidea
Family
Gnaphosidae
Genus
Camillina
Species
cruz
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Only known from Galápagos. Galápagos distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela (Cerro Azul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Wolf), Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Santiago.
- Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (1986) A Contributution to the Knowledge of the Spider Fauna of Galápagos (Ecuador). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 56: 93-123.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
- Arndt, E. Desender, K. (2002) Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) on Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Galápagos Archipelago. Belg. J. Zool., 132(2): 155-164.
- 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.
- Baert, L. (1994) The Gnaphosidae of the Galápagos archipelago, their distribution and the description of the Galapagoan representatives of the genus Camillina Berland. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Ent.) 64: 9-24.
- 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, Camillina cruz", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5648. Accessed 2 July 2025.