Inventory of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Ecological Reserve Limones-Tuabaquey, Sierra de Cubitas, Camagüey, Cuba

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DOI https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i2.186
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Giraldo Alayón García
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Cuba
Alexander Sánchez-Ruiz
Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Cuba
Yulianis Martín Castejón
Centro de Investigaciones de Medio Ambiente Camagüey, Cuba
Maylen Ramírez Ruiz
Empresa para la Protección de la Flora y la Fauna, Cuba
Franklin Cala Riquelme
Empresa para la Protección de la Flora y la Fauna, Cuba

Abstract

A rapid biological inventory of spiders from Limones-Tuabaquey Ecological Reserve was conducted. 71 species, 59 genera and 26 families are reported for this protected area. The species Homalometa nigritarsi Simon, 1897 (Tetragnathidae) is reported for the first time for Cuba and Greater Antilles. The geographic limits of other five species are enlarged: Ariamnes mexicanus Exline y Levi, 1962, Anisaitis squamata Bryant, 1940 (Salticidae), Scytodes blanda Bryant, 1940 (Scytodidae), Theridion antillanum Simon, 1894 (Theridiidae) y Episinus gratiosus Bryant, 1940 (Theridiidae). Seventeen endemic species were identified and considered conservation targets for this protected area; especially Anisaitis squamata Bryant, 1940 and Scytodes blanda Bryant, 1940, rare species that are only known for few localities in the Cuban archipelago.

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Inventory, spiders, Sierra de Cubitas, Cuba

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Alayón García, G., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Martín Castejón, Y., Ramírez Ruiz, M., & Cala Riquelme, F. (2009). Inventory of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Ecological Reserve Limones-Tuabaquey, Sierra de Cubitas, Camagüey, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea, (2), 40–44. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i2.186

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