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Genus: Mysmena Simon, 1894 | Family: Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928

Mysmena santacruzi (Baert & Maelfait, 1983)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009201

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Described:

Distribution: Galapagos

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Taxonomic References

Calomyspoena santacruzi Baert & Maelfait, 1983: 104, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmena santacruzi Baert et al., 2023: 15, f. 55A-D, 56A-F (mf)

References

Baert, L. L. & Maelfait, J.-P. (1983). Spiders of the Galápagos Islands. I. Mysmenidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6: 102-108. -- 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

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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	Comment
2024-12-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Baert et al., 2023
2015-07-08	Transferred to other genus after syn. gen	Lopardo & Hormiga, 2015		Species transferred from Calomyspoena to Mysmena after genus synonymy