Spiders of the Orbiculariae clade (Araneae: Araneomorphae) from Calakmul municipality, Campeche, Mexico
Por:
Candia-Ramirez, Daniela T., Valdez-Mondragon, Alejandro
Publicada:
1 mar 2017
Categoría:
Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics
Resumen:
A study was conducted to determine the biological richness of orb-weaver
spiders from Calakmul municipality, Campeche, Mexico. Material deposited
in the Coleccion Nacional de Aracnidos, Instituto de Biologia, UNAM was
revised. In addition, 16 collecting events were made in 14 localities of
Calakmul municipality during this study. The collections were made using
beating sheets and manual technique. A total of 1,151 specimens
belonging to 8 families, 56 genera and 100 species were reviewed and
identified. Two new species and 3 considered possibly new were found,
which cannot be confirmed until specimens of both sexes are collected.
According to previous studies and this work, 10 families, 65 genera and
119 species of spiders of orb-weaver spiders are present in Calakmul
municipality, of which 4 families, 32 genera and 74 species are recorded
for the first time. Furthermore, this work adds 3 genera and 10 species
to the known diversity for the country, making a total of 14 families,
139 genera and 685 species of orb-weaver spiders recorded for Mexico.
(C) 2017 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia.
Filiaciones:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Colecc Nacl Aracnidos, Dept Zool, Inst Biol, Apartado Postal 70-153,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Sede Tlaxcala, Laboratorio Aracnol, Lab Reg Biodiversidad & Cult Tejidos Vegetales,In, Contiguo FES Zaragoza Campus 3, Municipio De Santa Cruz 90640, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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