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Genus: Galapa Huber, 2000 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Galapa baerti (Gertsch & Peck, 1992)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003395

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Described:

Distribution: Galapagos

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS/KBIN), Brussels, Belgium m - (Huber, 2000)
Paratype: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS/KBIN), Brussels, Belgium 11m 42f 7j - (Gertsch & Peck, 1992)

Taxonomic References

Pholcophora baerti Gertsch & Peck, 1992: 1190, f. 37-40 (Dmf) Original description

Galapa baerti Huber, 2000: 101, f. 30, 76-77, 127, 385-388 (mf, T from Pholcophora)

Galapa baerti Baert et al., 2023: 20, f. 67A-E (mf)

References

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

Gertsch, W. J. & Peck, S. B. (1992). The pholcid spiders of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Araneae: Pholcidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70(6): 1185-1199. doi: 10.1139/z92-166 -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (2000). New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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