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Camillina galapagoensis (Banks, 1902)

Ground spiders

Most abundantly in the Arid zones, the lower Arid zone and the summit Arid zone laying above inversion zone of the higher younger volcanoes (Fernandina, Volcán Darwin, Volcán Wolf). Also in the Fern-sedge zone of the lower islands Santa Cruz, Santiago and the southern Isabela volcanoes Sierra Negra and Cerro Azul.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Gnaphosoidea

Family
Gnaphosidae

Genus
Camillina

Species
galapagoensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Baltra, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela (Volcán Beagle, Volcán Cerro Azul, Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo, Volcán Darwin, Volcán Wolf), Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Plaza Sur.

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.
  • 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.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.
  • 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. 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.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Camillina galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5649. Accessed 5 November 2026.