Galapa (spider)

Galapa is a genus of Ecuadorian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only on the Galápagos Islands: G. baerti, G. bella, and G. floreana.[1]

Galapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Galapa
Huber, 2000[1]
Type species
G. baerti
(Gertsch & Peck, 1992)
Species
  • G. baerti (Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • G. bella (Gertsch & Peck, 1992) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • G. floreana Baert, 2014 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Galapa Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. 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.
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