Preliminary checklist of spiders (Araneae) from Coiba National Park, Panama

Dumas Gálvez

doi:10.3897/bdj.12.e117642

Preliminary checklist of spiders (Araneae) from Coiba National Park, Panama

Citation

Gálvez D (2024). Preliminary checklist of spiders (Araneae) from Coiba National Park, Panama. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.12.e117642 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

Coiba National Park is an offshore region on the Pacific side of Panama, which hosts several endemic species of animals and plants. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Despite the title awarded to the Park, knowledge about basic elements of its biodiversity are still lacking, which are of vital relevance for management and conservation policies. For instance, until now, no study had ever monitored the araneofauna diversity of the Park.Here, we provide the first checklist of spider species in Coiba National Park, including the main island and several surrounding islands. We sampled during several field trips carried out from August 2021 to August 2023. We identified at least 152 species (98 genera and 30 families) and we report three new spiders species for Panama, namely Ctenus nigrolineatus Berland (1913), Chapoda gitae Zhang & Maddison (2012) and Sarinda nigra Peckham & Peckham (1892). We discuss the implications of our results and recommend future lines of work that include DNA barcoding, monitoring of population and community dynamics, plus linkage of climatic data from the newly-installed meteorological station on the Island.

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Dumas Gálvez
originator
Coiba Scientific Station
Panama
PA
email: dumas.galvezs@up.ac.pa

Dumas Gálvez
metadata author
Coiba Scientific Station
Panama
PA
email: dumas.galvezs@up.ac.pa

Dumas Gálvez
administrative point of contact
Coiba Scientific Station
Panama
PA
email: dumas.galvezs@up.ac.pa