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Dispatch from the field: ecology of ground-web-building spiders with description of a new species (Araneae, Symphytognathidae)

Miller JA 1 , Schilthuizen M 2 , Burmester JL 3 , van der Graaf L 4 , Merckx V 5 , Jocqué M 6 Show all authors , Kessler PJ 7 , Fayle TM 8 , Breeschoten T 9 , Broeren R 10 , Bouman R 9 , Chua WJ 11 , Feijen F 12 , Fermont T 12 , Groen K 13 , Groen M 9 , Kil NJ 14 , de Laat HA 14 , Moerland MS 9 , Moncoquet C 10 , Panjang E 11 , Philip AJ 11 , Roca-Eriksen R 3 , Rooduijn B 14 , van Santen M 9 , Swakman V 15 , Evans MN 16 , Evans LJ 16 , Love K 16 , Joscelyne SH 16 , Tober AV 16 , Wilson HF 16 , Ambu LN 17 , Goossens B 16

Affiliations 

  • 1 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands ; Plazi, Bern, Switzerland
  • 2 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands ; Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 3 University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 4 Delft University, Delft, Netherlands
  • 5 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 6 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, United States of America
  • 7 Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 8 Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia and Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic ; Forest Ecology and Conservation Group, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
  • 9 Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 10 Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 11 Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 12 Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • 13 Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands ; Delft University, Delft, Netherlands
  • 14 Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
  • 15 University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 16 Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
  • 17 Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Biodivers Data J, 2014.
PMID: 24891829 DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1076

Abstract

Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. (Araneae: Symphytognathidae) was discovered during a tropical ecology field course held at the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. A taxonomic description and accompanying ecological study were completed as course activities. To assess the ecology of this species, which belongs to the ground-web-building spider community, three habitat types were surveyed: riparian forest, recently inundated riverine forest, and oil palm plantation. Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. is the most abundant ground-web-building spider species in riparian forest; it is rare or absent from the recently inundated forest and was not found in a nearby oil palm plantation. The availability of this taxonomic description may help facilitate the accumulation of data about this species and the role of inundated riverine forest in shaping invertebrate communities.

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