A Preliminary Survey for Spiders on Grenada, West Indies

Authors

  • Jo-Anne N. Sewlal Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

Keywords:

Spiders, Grenada, Araneidae, Barychelidae, Mimetidae, Oxyopidae, Pholcidae, Salticidae, Sparassidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae, Thomisidae

Abstract

During a two-week period in 2008, a wide variety of habitats on the island of Grenada, West Indies were surveyed for the presence of spiders. Contrary to the results of previous surveys in the Eastern Caribbean, Grenada exhibited a higher species richness in natural habitats. Members of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae comprised of almost half the species found. Some 12 localities were surveyed from 11 habitats, including six man-made habitats. Ten families repre[1]senting 22 species were collected.

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Published

2009-12-31

Issue

Living World 2009

Section

Research Papers