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TABLE 2 in A checklist of spiders from the herbaceous layer of a coastal dune forest ecosystem at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae)
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- 1. ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, P. Bag X 134, Queenswood, 0121 South Africa, and Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
- 2. Conservation Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
Description
TABLE 2 Annotated checklist of spiders recorded during a two-month period (November & December 1995), from four mined stands of rehabilitating coastal dune forest (2-, 8-, 12- & 16-year old stands) and one unmined, undisturbed stand (c. 100-year old), at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Totals per species are provided in the last column and totals per stand in the last row. Abbreviations: OWB – orb-web, SHWB – sheet-web, SPWB – space-web, W – wanderers, WB – web dwellers.
| Stands (approximate ages) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Guilds | 2-yr | 8-yr | 12-yr | 16-yr | 100-yr | Totals |
| ARANEIDAE | |||||||
| Acusilas africanus Simon, 1895 | OWB | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936 | OWB | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937 | OWB | 38 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 85 |
| Argiope aurocincta Pocock, 1898 | OWB | 7 | 11 | - | - | - | 18 |
| Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858) | OWB | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 22 |
| Caerostris sexcuspidata (Fabricius, 1793) | OWB | 67 | 175 | 88 | - | 3 | 333 |
| Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834) | OWB | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873 | OWB | 7 | - | 18 | - | - | 25 |
| Isoxya cicatricosa (C.L. Koch, 1844) | OWB | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Isoxya tabulata (Thorell, 1859) | OWB | 8 | 5 | 21 | - | 16 | 50 |
| Lipocrea longissima (Simon, 1881) | OWB | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Mahembea hewitti Lessert, 1930 | OWB | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Nemoscolus elongatus Lawrence, 1947 | OWB | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Simon, 1897 | OWB | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Neoscona blondeli (Simon, 1885) | OWB | 18 | - | - | 18 | - | 36 |
| Neoscona subfusca (C.L. Koch, 1837) | OWB | 4 | 4 | 17 | 8 | - | 33 |
| Pararaneus cyrtoscapus (Pocock, 1898) | OWB | 57 | 112 | 1 | - | - | 170 |
| Taxa indet. (1) | OWB | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 224 | 344 | 166 | 30 | 28 | 792 | |
| CLUBIONIDAE | |||||||
| Clubiona lawrencei Roewer, 1951 | W | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 |
| Clubiona pupillaris Lawrence, 1938 | W | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | 12 | |
| Species | Guilds | 2-yr | 8-yr | 12-yr | 16-yr | 100-yr | Totals |
| CORINNIDAE | |||||||
| Austrachelas incertus Lawrence, 1938 | W | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Copa flavoplumosa Simon, 1885 | W | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Trachelas roeweri Lawrence, 1938 | W | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | |
| CYATHOLIPIDAE | |||||||
| Isicabu zuluensis Griswold, 1987 | SHWB | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| DEINOPIDAE | |||||||
| Deinopis cornigera Gerstäcker, 1873 | OWB | - | 14 | 1 | - | - | 15 |
| GNAPHOSIDAE | |||||||
| Aphantaulax signicollis Tucker, 1923 | W | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Xerophaeus bicavus Tucker, 1923 | W | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| LINYPHIIDAE | |||||||
| Taxa indet. (1) | SHWB | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| LIOCRANIDAE | |||||||
| Taxa indet. (1) | W | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| LYCOSIDAE | |||||||
| Pardosa sp. (immature) | W | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Taxa indet. (1) | W | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 11 |
| Totals | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | 13 | |
| MIMETIDAE | |||||||
| Mimetus natalensis Lawrence, 1938 | W | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | 9 |
| MITURGIDAE | |||||||
| Cheiracanthium aculeutum Simon, 1884 | W | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| Cheiramiona clavigera (Simon, 1897) | W | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| Cheiramiona filipes (Simon, 1898) | W | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cheiramiona silvicola (Lawrence, 1938) | W | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| Totals | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | - | 29 | |
| OXYOPIDAE | |||||||
| Hamataliwa sp. 1 indet. | W | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Oxyopes hoggi Lessert, 1915 | W | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Oxyopes longispinosus Lawrence, 1938 | W | 14 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 47 |
| Oxyopes vogelsangeri Lessert, 1946 | W | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Oxyopes sp. 1 indet. | W | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Oxyopes sp. 2 indet. | W | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Totals | 17 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 61 | |
| PHOLCIDAE | |||||||
| Spermophora sp. (immature) | SPWB | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| Micromerys sp. indet. | SPWB | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| PHILODROMIDAE | |||||||
| Philodromus browningi Lawrence, 1952 | W | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Suemus punctatus Lawrence, 1938 | W | 5 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 10 |
| Tibellus flavipes Caporiacco, 1939 | W | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 4 |
| Thanatus sp. (immature) | W | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Totals | 5 | - | 3 | 9 | - | 17 | |
| PISAURIDAE | |||||||
| Charminus ambiguus (Lessert, 1925) | SHWB | 149 | 107 | 41 | - | 5 | 302 |
| Charminus atomarius (Lawrence, 1942) | SHWB | 58 | 219 | 236 | - | 11 | 524 |
| Charminus natalensis (Lawrence, 1947) | SHWB | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | 9 |
| Cispinilus sp. (immature) | SHWB | 35 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 43 |
| Totals | 246 | 338 | 277 | - | 17 | 878 | |
| Species | Guilds 2-yr | 8-yr | 12-yr | 16-yr | 100-yr | Totals | |
| SALTICIDAE | |||||||
| Brancus bevisi Lessert, 1925 | W | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925) | W | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Heliophanus debilis Simon, 1901 | W | - | 4 | - | 6 | - | 10 |
| Hyllus marleyi Lessert, 1925 | W | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Myrmarachne laurentina Bacelar, 1953 | W | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Thyene inflata (Gerstäcker, 1873) | W | 13 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| Thyene natalii Peckham & Peckham, 1903 | W | 10 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Thyenula aurantiaca (Simon, 1902) | W | 76 | 140 | 133 | 1 | 14 | 364 |
| Totals | 101 | 148 | 135 | 14 | 20 | 418 | |
| SCYTODIDAE | |||||||
| Scytodes maritima Lawrence, 1938 | W | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| SELENOPIDAE | |||||||
| Anyphops decoratus (Lawrence, 1940) | W | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| SPARASSIDAE | |||||||
| Olios biarmatus Lessert, 1925 | W | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 10 |
| Olios sp. 1 indet. | W | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| Olios sp. 2 indet. | W | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Palystes superciliosus L. Koch, 1875 | W | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Panaretella zuluana Lawrence, 1937 | W | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Totals | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 49 | |
| TETRAGNATHIDAE | |||||||
| Leucauge decorata (Blackwall, 1864) | OWB | 21 | 63 | 8 | - | - | 92 |
| Leucauge festiva (Blackwall, 1866) | OWB | 37 | 120 | 55 | 13 | - | 225 |
| Leucauge levanderii (Kulzcynski, 1901) | OWB | 18 | 49 | 8 | 1 | - | 76 |
| Leucauge medjensis Lessert, 1930 | OWB | 12 | 28 | 8 | - | - | 48 |
| Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1842) | OWB | 16 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 29 |
| Totals | 104 | 271 | 81 | 14 | - | 470 | |
| THERIDIIDAE | |||||||
| Achaearanaea acoreensis (Berland, 1932) | SWB | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Argyrodes convivans Lawrence, 1937 | SWB | 7 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 18 |
| Crustulina sp. indet. | SWB | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Phoroncidia eburnea (Simon, 1895) | SWB | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Steatoda sp. indet. | SWB | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Theridion sp. indet. | SWB | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Theridula sp. indet. | SWB | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Taxa indet. (1) | SWB | 12 | - | - | - | 2 | 14 |
| Totals | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 44 | |
| THOMISIDAE | |||||||
| Camaricus nigrotesselatus Simon, 1895 | W | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Diaea puncta Karsch, 1884 | W | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Firmicus abnormis (Lessert, 1923) | W | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Heriaeus crassispinus Lawrence, 1942 | W | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pactates compactus Lawrence, 1947 | W | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Paramystaria variabilis Lessert, 1919 | W | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881) | W | 7 | 10 | 6 | - | 1 | 24 |
| Synema langheldi Dahl, 1907 | W | 5 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 |
| Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879 | W | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Thomisus blandus Karsch, 1880 | W | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Tmarus cameliformis Millot, 1942 | W | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Tmarus natalensis Lessert, 1925 | W | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 20 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 64 | |
| ULOBORIDAE | |||||||
| Uloborus sp. 1 indet. | OWB | 2 | 16 | 11 | - | - | 29 |
| Uloborus sp. 2 indet. | OWB | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Uloborus sp. 3 indet. | OWB | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Uloborus sp. 4 indet. | OWB | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | 10 |
| Totals | 6 | 26 | 18 | - | - | 50 | |
| Total no. spiders | 789 | 1241 | 724 | 81 | 120 | 2955 | |
| Total no. species | 61 | 56 | 46 | 24 | 35 | 96 | |
Notes
Published as part of Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Wassenaar, T. D., 2006, A checklist of spiders from the herbaceous layer of a coastal dune forest ecosystem at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 68-70 in African Invertebrates 47 on page 68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667494
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