Published October 14, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article Open

List of species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Pico da Neblina, state of Amazonas, Brazil

  • 1. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil
  • 2. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
  • 3. Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Artrópodes, Brazil
  • 4. Carste Consultores Associados, Brazil

Description

We present a list of species of spiders collected at the Pico da Neblina, the highest mountain in Brazil (Amazonas, Brazil). We sampled at six altitudes (100, 400, 860, 1,550, 2,000 and 2,400 m a.s.l.), through manual active search, during the night and with a beating tray, during the day. We obtained a total of 3,143 adult individuals, which were assigned to 529 species, from 39 families. The most species rich families were Theridiidae (108 species), Araneidae (98 species) and Salticidae (60 species). Most species were rarely collected, as 389 (73% of total richness) species were represented by up to five individuals, and 197 (37% of total richness) of them by just one individual. We briefly compare our results with those from other spider surveys in the Amazon basin.

Files

CheckList_article_19012.pdf

Files (4.1 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:2e1164d0d6bdbd630d40a5dd7bf7cf24
4.1 MB Preview Download

Linked records