South African National Survey of Arachnida: A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa

The aim of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) is to document the Arachnida fauna of South Africa. One of the focus areas of SANSA is to survey protected areas to obtain species-specific information, and species distribution patterns for Red Data assessments. Here, we provide the...

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Published in:Koedoe 2016-11, Vol.58 (1), p.1-1
Main Authors: Foord, Stefan H., Dippenaar-Schoeman, Anna S., Jocqué, Rudy, Haddad, Charles R., Lyle, Robin, Webb, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal behavior
Arachnida
Arachnids
Araneae
Araneidae
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Conservation
Environmental Sciences
Forests
Invertebrate surveys
Methods
National parks
Protected areas
River ecology
Salticidae
Spiders
Studies
Thomisidae
Wilderness areas
Zodariidae
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Summary:The aim of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) is to document the Arachnida fauna of South Africa. One of the focus areas of SANSA is to survey protected areas to obtain species-specific information, and species distribution patterns for Red Data assessments. Here, we provide the first checklist of the spider species of Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve (LNR) in the Limpopo province of South Africa collected during five surveys between 2009 and 2016 using methods targeting both the ground and field layers. Forty-five families, represented by 168 genera and 268 species, have been collected so far. The most species-rich families were the Salticidae (41 spp.) and Araneidae (38 spp.), followed by the Thomisidae (33 spp.), while 11 families were represented by one species. Information on spider guilds, endemicity value and conservation status are provided. The LNR protects approximately 12.2% of the total South African spider fauna. Two species, Hasarinella distincta Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013 (Salticidae) and Ballomma legala Jocqué & Henrard, 2015 (Zodariidae), are presently known to be endemic to the reserve.Conservation implications: The LNR falls within the Savanna Biome in the Limpopo province. Only five spider species were previously known from the reserve and 263 spp. are reported from the reserve for the first time. Thirteen species are possibly new to science and 2 species represent new distribution records for South Africa.
ISSN:0075-6458
2071-0771
2071-0771
DOI:10.4102/koedoe.v58i1.1405