Inventory of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Sierra Martín García National Park, Dominican Republic
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The results of an inventory of the spiders from Sierra Martín García National Park, Dominican Republic are presented. A total of 90 species, 79 genera and 33 families are registered from this protected area. The genus Fageicera Dumitrescu et Georgescu, 1992 (Ochyrocerathidae) and the species Yabisi habanensis Rheims et Brescovit, 2004 (Hersiilidae) are recorded for the first time for the Dominican Republic and Hispaniola. Sixteen endemic species are considered as conservation targets for this park, particularly Aculepeira busu Levi, 1991, Bythocrotus crypticus Zhang et Maddison, 2012 and Thaloe remotus (Bryant, 1948); the first two because are local endemisms of this protected area; and the third is a very rare species, known only from a single locality.
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