Malumbres-Olarte, J., Cardoso, P., Crespo, L., Gabriel, R., Pereira, F., Carvalho, R., Rego, C., Nunes, R., Ferreira, M.T., Amorim, I.R., Rigal, F. & Borges, P.A.V. (2019) Standardised inventories of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Macaronesia I: the native forests of the Azores (Pico and Terceira islands).
Biodiversity Data Journal, 7, e32625. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.7.e32625 (IF2019 1,331; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)The data presented here come from samples collected as part of two recent research projects (NETBIOME - ISLANDBIODIV and FCT - MACDIV) which aimed at understanding the drivers of community assembly in Macaronesian islands. We applied the sampling protocol COBRA (Conservation Oriented Biodiversity Rapid Assessment, Cardoso 2009) in sixteen 50 m x 50 m native forest plots in the Azorean Islands of Pico (6 plots) and Terceira (10 plots) to assess spider diversity. Through this publication, we contribute to the knowledge of the arachnofauna of the Azores and, more specifically, to that of the islands of Pico and Terceira.
The collected samples yielded 8,789 specimens, of which 45% were adults (3,970) belonging to 13 families, 36 species and three morphospecies that have yet to be described. Species of the family Linyphiidae dominated the samples, with 17 species and two morphospecies that have yet to be described (48% of the taxa). Out of the identified (morpho)species, 16 were introduced, 13 Azorean endemic (three of which were undescribed) and seven native (five of them Macaronesian endemics). We report the first record of the introduced species Haplodrassus signifer and Agyneta decora in Pico Island.
Carla José Azevedo Rego Entomology: biodiversity and conservation
Carla José Azevedo Rego Entomology: biodiversity and conservation
Fernando Pereira Island Biodiversity, Biogeography & Conservation - IBBC
François Rigal Island Biodiversity, Biogeography & Conservation - IBBC
Isabel R. Amorim Island Environmental Risks & Society - IERS
Isabel R. Amorim Island Environmental Risks & Society - IERS
Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte Island Arthropod Macroecology
Maria Teresa Bravo Ferreira Island Plant Ecology
Paulo A. V. Borges Island Arthropod Macroecology
Pedro Cardoso Tropical and Mediterranean Biodiversity - TMB
Rosalina Maria de Almeida Gabriel Island Bryophytes
Rui Miguel dos Santos Mendes Carvalho Island Arthropod Macroecology
Rui Miguel Ricardo Nunes Island Coccinellidae Evolutionary Ecology
