Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Mecaphesa inclusa
Lower Arid zone, Transition forest, Fern-sedge zone (Isabela (Volcán Sierra Negra)).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Thomisoidea
Family
Thomisidae
Genus
Mecaphesa
Species
inclusa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mismenops inclusus (Banks, 1902)
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, Genovesa, Isabela (Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Darwin, V. Ecuador), Marchena, Pinta, Pinzon, Rábida, Santa Cruz, Santiago (Baert et al., 2023).
- 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. (2013) The Thomisidae and Philodromidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) European Journal of Taxonomy 43: 1-23
- 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. 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, Mecaphesa inclusa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6604. Accessed 1 November 2026.