Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Theridion strepitus
In caves on Santa Cruz and in the Transition forest and summit Arid zone on Isabela Volcán Wolf.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Araneoidea
Family
Theridiidae
Genus
Theridion
Species
strepitus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela (Volcán Wolf), Santa Cruz.
- 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.
- Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
- Peck, S.B. Shear, W.A. (1987) A new eyeless, stridulating Theridion spider from caves in the Galápagos Islands (Araneae, Theridiidae). The Canadian Entomologist 119(10): 881-885.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Theridion strepitus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7003. Accessed 31 October 2026.