http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/qwco8c3a
Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Canadian Prairies
Héctor
Cárcamo
Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Scientist - Insect Pest Management
5403 - 1 Avenue South
Lethbridge
Alberta
T1J 4B1
CA
403-317-2247
hector.carcamo@agr.gc.ca
Héctor
Cárcamo
Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Scientist - Insect Pest Management
5403 - 1 Avenue South
Lethbridge
Alberta
T1J 4B1
CA
403-317-2247
hector.carcamo@agr.gc.ca
Héctor
Cárcamo
Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Scientist - Insect Pest Management
5403 - 1 Avenue South
Lethbridge
Alberta
T1J 4B1
CA
403-317-2247
hector.carcamo@agr.gc.ca
author
Jaime
Pinzón
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
Postdoctoral Fellow
751 General Services Building
Edmonton
Alberta
T6G 2H1
CA
(780) 492-6965
jpinzon@ualberta.ca
author
Robin
Leech
Edmonton
Alberta
CA
releech@telus.net
author
John
Spence
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
Professor
751 General Services Building
Edmonton
Alberta
T6G 2H1
CA
john.spence@ualberta.ca
author
David
Shorthouse
Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre
Biodiversity Informatics Manager
4101 rue Sherbrooke est
Montréal
QC
H1X 2B2
CA
514-343-6111 82354
davipdshorthouse@gmail.com
processor
Biological Survey of Canada
CA
publisher
2014-09-15
eng
Spiders are the 7th most diverse order of arthropods globally and are prominent predators in all prairie habitats. In this chapter a checklist for the spiders of the prairie provinces (751 species), and surrounding jurisdictions (44 species) is presented along with an overview of all 26 families that occur in the region. Eighteen of the species from the region are adventive. Linyphiidae is by far the dominant family representing 39% of all the species. Lycosidae and Gnaphosidae each represent 8% and three other families account each for 7% (Salticidae, Dyctinidae and Theridiidae). Furthermore, a summary of all biodiversity studies conducted in the Prairies Ecozone and a selection of studies in adjacent transition ecoregions is provided. The Mixed Grassland Ecoregion has the most distinctive assemblage; Schizocosa mccooki and Zelotes lasalanus are common and unique to this ecoregion. Other ecoregions appear to harbour less distinctive assemblages but most ecoregions have been poorly studied. Lack of professional opportunities for spider systematists in Canada remains a major barrier to the advancement of the taxonomy and ecology of this fascinating group of arthropods.
Checklist
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Inventoryregional
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
Araneae
checklist
taxonomy
Canada
provinces
prairies
open data
n/a
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ & http://www.canadensys.net/norms
Canadian Prairies
-118.11
-93.36
59.28
49.36
order
Araneae
spiders
Héctor
Cárcamo
Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Scientist - Insect Pest Management
5403 - 1 Avenue South
Lethbridge
Alberta
T1J 4B1
CA
403-317-2247
hector.carcamo@agr.gc.ca
2013-10-01T11:06:21.545-04:00
dataset
Cárcamo, H., J. Pinzón, R. Leech, and J. Spence. 2014. Data for Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Canadian Prairies. http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/qwco8c3a
Cárcamo H., J. Pinzón, R. Leech, and J. Spence. 2014. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Canadian Prairies. In Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 3): Biodiversity and Systematics Part 1. Edited by H. A. Cárcamo and D. J. Giberson. Biological Survey of Canada. pp. 75-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/9780968932162.ch4