Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987

Maelfait, Jean-Pierre, Desender, Konjev, Hendrickx, Frederik, Dekoninck, Wouter, Berthet, Mado, Bouckaert, Katia, Caudron, Julien & Leclercq, Marylise, 2023, Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands, Belgian Journal of Entomology 142, pp. 1-188 : 7

Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987

( Figs 16-17 )

Epeira labyrinthea : BANKS (1902, 1924), SNODGRASS (1902);

Metepeira sp. : ROTH & CRAIG (1970),

DISTRIBUTION: Only known from GalÁpagos.

GALÁPAGOS DISTRIBUTION: Daphne, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner nr Española, Genovesa, Isabela (Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Darwin, V. Wolf) , Marchena, N. Plaza, Pinta, Pinzón , RÁbida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa FÉ, Santiago, Seymour Norte, S. Plaza.

REFERENCES: BAERT (1987), BAERT (2013c), BAERT & MAELFAIT (2000b), BAERT et al. (1989a), BAERT et al. (1989b), BAERT et al. (1990), BAERT et al. (1991), BAERT et al. (2008b), BANKS (1902), BANKS (1924), ROTH & CRAIG (1970), SNODGRASS (1902).

Figures

Fig. 16. Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987. A, right male palp, retrolateral view. B, dorsal view of female. C, male palp, ventral view. D-F, epigynum. D, Lateral view. E, ventral view. F cleared. © L. Baert.

Fig. 17. Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987.A-B, right male palp. A, retrolateral view. B, inner side. C-D, epigynum. C, lateral view. D, ventral view. © M. Berthet.