Annotated checklist of the spiders of Ascension Island with new faunistic records, including three newly recorded non-native species (Araneae: Araneomorphae)

Danniella Sherwood; Adam Sharp; Vicky Wilkins; Philip Ashmole

doi:10.30550/j.azl/2179

Autores/as

Danniella Sherwood Arachnology Research Association https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-9529
Adam Sharp IUCN Species Survival Commission Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, c/o Species Recovery Trust, 37 Albany Road, Salisbury SP1 3YQ, United Kingdom
Vicky Wilkins IUCN Species Survival Commission Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, c/o Species Recovery Trust, 37 Albany Road, Salisbury SP1 3YQ, United Kingdom
Philip Ashmole Kidston Mill, Scotland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/2179

Palabras clave:

Océano Atlántico, distribución, museos, araña

Resumen

Se presenta una lista de las arañas de la Isla Ascensión, con nuevos registros faunísticos para una familia, cinco géneros y tres taxones a nivel de especie. Para estos últimos, se registran Oecobius marathaus Tikader, 1962 (Oecobiidae), y Scytodes velutina Heineken & Lowe, 1832 y S. univittata Simon, 1882 (ambos Scytodidae). Siete géneros registrados en la isla por investigadores anteriores basados en material inmaduro indeterminable se eliminan de la lista debido a la falta de evidencia. En total, 38 géneros y 41 especies, acomodadas en 22 familias, se reconocen como taxones válidos en Ascensión. De estos, solo 1 género y 5 especies se consideran posible o probablemente endémicos, lo que significa que el 99,97% de los géneros y el 87,81% de las especies no son endémicas.

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