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Crespo LC, Boieiro M, Cardoso P, et al. Spatial distribution of Madeira Island Laurisilva endemic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biodivers Data J. 2014;(2):e1051doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051.
Crespo, L. C., Boieiro, M., Cardoso, P., Aguiar, C. A., Amorim, I. R., Barrinha, C., Borges, P. A., Menezes, D., Pereira, F., Rego, C., Ribeiro, S., Silva, I. F., & Serrano, A. R. (2014). Spatial distribution of Madeira Island Laurisilva endemic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biodiversity data journal, (2), e1051. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051
Crespo, Luís C, et al. "Spatial distribution of Madeira Island Laurisilva endemic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae)." Biodiversity data journal vol. ,2 (2014): e1051. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051
Crespo LC, Boieiro M, Cardoso P, Aguiar CA, Amorim IR, Barrinha C, Borges PA, Menezes D, Pereira F, Rego C, Ribeiro S, Silva IF, Serrano AR. Spatial distribution of Madeira Island Laurisilva endemic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Biodivers Data J. 2014 Feb 14;(2):e1051. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24855443; PMCID: PMC4030250.
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Biodivers Data J. 2014 Feb 14;(2):e1051. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051. eCollection 2014.

Spatial distribution of Madeira Island Laurisilva endemic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae).

Biodiversity data journal

Luís C Crespo, Mário Boieiro, Pedro Cardoso, Carlos A S Aguiar, Isabel R Amorim, Carla Barrinha, Paulo A V Borges, Dília Menezes, Fernando Pereira, Carla Rego, Sérvio Ribeiro, Israel F Silva, Artur R M Serrano

Affiliations

  1. Centro de Biologia Ambiental/PEERS Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C2, 2º Piso, Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal.
  2. Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland.
  3. Grupo de Biodiversidade dos Açores, (CITA-A)/PEERS Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Pico da Urze, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
  4. Parque Natural da Madeira, Qta. do Bom Sucesso, Caminho do Meio, Funchal, Portugal.
  5. Lab. Evolutionary Ecology of Canopy Insects, Department of Biodiversity, Evolution and Environment, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil.

PMID: 24855443 PMCID: PMC4030250 DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051

Abstract

Madeira island presents a unique spider diversity with a high number of endemic species, many of which are still poorly known. A recent biodiversity survey on the terrestrial arthropods of the native forest, Laurisilva, provided a large set of standardized samples from various patches throughout the island. Out of the fifty two species recorded, approximately 33.3% are Madeiran endemics, many of which had not been collected since their original description. Two new species to science are reported - Ceratinopsis n. sp. and Theridion n. sp. - and the first records of Poecilonetavariegata (Blackwall, 1841) and Tetragnathaintermedia Kulczynski, 1891 are reported for the first time for Madeira island. Considerations on species richness and abundance from different Laurisilva locations are presented, together with distribution maps for endemic species. These results contribute to a better understanding of spider diversity patterns and endemic species distribution in the native forest of Madeira island.

Keywords: Macaronesia; biodiversity hotspot; island endemics; laurel forest; terrestrial arthropods

References

  1. Nature. 2000 Feb 24;403(6772):853-8 - PubMed

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