Galapagos Species Database
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Hogna albemarlensis
Araña lobo, Wolf spider
They live in highest densities in saline habitats along the coast (salt marshes, bays), along permanent pools and in permanent wetlands below 600m. Scattered populations can also be found on various islands above the vegetation inversion zone in wet situations during El Niño years (years characterized by very heavy rainfall giving rise to temporary pools) (BAERT & MAELFAIT, 2000).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Lycosoidea
Family
Lycosidae
Genus
Hogna
Species
albemarlensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lycosa snodgrassi Banks, 1902, fide Baert & Maelfait, 1997, Hogna albermarlensis (Banks, 1902) (misspelling), fide Baert & Maelfait (2000). Syntype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MZC).
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: Bartolomé, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela (Cerro Aul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Darwin, V. Wolf), Marchena, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- 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.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. & Hendrickx, F. (2008) The Wolf Spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) from the Galápagos Archipelago. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 5-37.
- 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. (1997) Taxonomy, distribution and ecology of lycosid spiders occurring on the Santa Cruz island, Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Proc. 16th Europ. Coll. Arachnol.: 1-11.
- 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, Hogna albemarlensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6495. Accessed 2 November 2026.