Dispatch from the field: ecology of ground-web-building spiders with description of a new species (Araneae, Symphytognathidae).

ABSTRACT: Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. (Araneae: Symphytognathidae) was discovered during a tropical ecology field course held at the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. A taxonomic description and accompanying ecological study were completed as course activities. To assess the ecology of this species, which belongs to the ground-web-building spider community, three habitat types were surveyed: riparian forest, recently inundated riverine forest, and oil palm plantation. Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. is the most abundant ground-web-building spider species in riparian forest; it is rare or absent from the recently inundated forest and was not found in a nearby oil palm plantation. The availability of this taxonomic description may help facilitate the accumulation of data about

SUBMITTER: Miller JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4031436 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature