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Genus: Agyneta Hull, 1911 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Agyneta galapagosensis (Baert, 1990)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:011640

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Described:

Distribution: Galapagos, Brazil (Fernando de Noronha Is.), Uruguay

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Taxonomic References

Meioneta galapagosensis Baert, 1990a: 134, f. 23-27 (Dmf) Original description

Meioneta galapagosensis Rodrigues et al., 2008: 250, f. 11-18 (mf)

Agyneta galapagosensis Dupérré, 2013: 16 (T from Meioneta)

Agyneta galapagosensis Baert et al., 2023: 11, f. 37A-E (mf)

Agyneta galapagosensis Cajade et al., 2024c: 2, f. 1A, 4A (m)

References

Baert, L. L. (1990a). Spiders of the Galápagos. Part V. Linyphiidae. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8: 129-138. -- Show included taxa

Baert, L., Maelfait, J.-P., Desender, K., Hendrickx, F., Dekoninck, W., Berthet, M., Bouckaert, K., Caudron, J. & Leclercq, M. (2023). Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands. Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1-188. [[includes figs of 5 undescribed species]] -- Show included taxa

Cajade, M., Rodrigues, E. N. L., Hagopián, D., Laborda, Á., Brescovit, A. D. & Simó, M. (2024c). On the first South American records of widespread linyphiid spiders (Araneae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais 19(3, e2024-0999): 1-10. doi: 10.46357/bcnaturais.v19i3.999 -- Show included taxa

Dupérré, N. (2013). Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseelum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996. Zootaxa 3674: 1-189. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3674.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Rodrigues, E. N. L., Brescovit, A. D., Freitas, G. C. C. & Vasconcelos, S. D. (2008). Spiders of Fernando de Noronha Island. Part I: Linyphiidae. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14(5): 247-252. doi: 10.13156/arac.2008.14.5.247 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Cajade et al., 2024c
2025-01-05	Species distribution update	Cajade et al., 2024c	Old value
2024-12-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Baert et al., 2023