A Preliminary Survey for Spiders on St. Eustatius, West Indies

Authors

  • Joe Morpeth 37 Limethwaite Road, Windermere, Cumbria, LA23 2BQ, United Kingdom
  • Jo-Anne Nina Sewlal Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Christopher K. Starr Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies

Keywords:

Anapidae, Araneidae, Barychelidae, Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Filistatidae, Gnaphosidae, Lycosidae, Mimetidae, Miturgidae, Mysmenidae, Ochyroceratidae, Oecobiidae, Oxyopidae, Pholcidae, Salticidae, Scytodidae, Sicariidae, Sparassidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae, Theridiosomatidae, Thomisidae, Theraphosidae

Abstract

Three photographic surveys were conducted during the period; 2010 to 2011, 2013 and 2014, and supplemented by physical sampling for a one-week period in January 2015, in a wide variety of habitats on the island of St. Eustatius, West Indies, for the presence of spiders. Seventeen localities were surveyed from 15 habitats, including five man-made habitats. Twenty-four families representing 53 species were collected. Members of the family Araneidae comprised almost a quarter of the species found. More species in natural than in human-made or highly disturbed habitats.

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Published

2016-12-31

Issue

Living World 2016

Section

Research Papers