Galapagos Species Database
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Creugas gulosus
It occurs principally (except on Fernandina) on the inhabited islands (Floreana, Sierra Negra, San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz) where it has its greatest abundance in the Culture zone (orchards, plantations) and in the Transition zone. On Santa Cruz it occurs in all vegetation types till the top of the island but with its highest abundance in the Culture zone and coastal Arid zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Corinnoidea
Family
Corinnidae
Genus
Creugas
Species
gulosus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Corinna cetrata (Simon, 1888); Syn.: Corinna cetrata, fide Baert et al. (2008)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela (Volcán Sierra Negra), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Santa Fe, Wolf.
- 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.
- 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, Creugas gulosus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5753. Accessed 3 May 2025.