A checklist dataset of the spider species from Kenya

Study Extent

Specimen in the checklist were collected from various parts of Kenya with 38 out of the 47 counties having species representations.

Sampling

The dataset from this checklist was compiled from an online resource World Spider Catalog (2022). This was done by checking for data from distribution areas within Kenya, East Africa and Africa. Publications from East Africa and Africa were downloaded and checked if Kenya was listed as a collection locality. TaxonID/acceptedNameUsageID and parentNameUsageID used are similar to identifiers from WSC for easy search in the catalog. The spider checklist from Kenya published in 2021 was also a useful resource in data compilation for this checklist data.

Quality Control

The WSC is a site where all taxonomic papers on spiders are listed and its updated daily. The papers are from skilled arachnologists and from peer reviewed papers.

Method steps

1. Data mined from the World Spider Catalog was aligned to the Darwin Core Standard (taxon). The standardized data was then validated and uploaded to GBIF through the IPT.

Several families from the class Arachnida.

1. Arachnida
   rank: class
2. Araneae
   rank: order
3. Agelenidae
   rank: family
4. Anapidae
   rank: family
5. Araneidae
   rank: family
6. Atypidae
   rank: family
7. Barychelidae
   rank: family
8. Caponiidae
   rank: family
9. Cheiracanthiidae
   rank: family
10. Cithaeronidae
    rank: family
11. Clubionidae
    rank: family
12. Corinnidae
    rank: family
13. Ctenidae
    rank: family
14. Cyatholipidae
    rank: family
15. Cyrtaucheniidae
    rank: family
16. Deinopidae
    rank: family
17. Dictynidae
    rank: family
18. Eresidae
    rank: family
19. Gnaphosidae
    rank: family
20. Hahniidae
    rank: family
21. Hersiliidae
    rank: family
22. Idiopidae
    rank: family
23. Ischnothelidae
    rank: family
24. Linyphiidae
    rank: family
25. Liocranidae
    rank: family
26. Lycosidae
    rank: family
27. Migidae
    rank: family
28. Mimetidae
    rank: family
29. Miturgidae
    rank: family
30. Mysmenidae
    rank: family
31. Ochyroceratidae
    rank: family
32. Oecobiidae
    rank: family
33. Oonopidae
    rank: family
34. Oxyopidae
    rank: family
35. Palpimanidae
    rank: family
36. Philodromidae
    rank: family
37. Pholcidae
    rank: family
38. Phyxelididae
    rank: family
39. Pisauridae
    rank: family
40. Prodidomidae
    rank: family
41. Pycnothelidae
    rank: family
42. Salticidae
    rank: family
43. Scytodidae
    rank: family
44. Segestriidae
    rank: family
45. Sicariidae
    rank: family
46. Sparassidae
    rank: family
47. Telemidae
    rank: family
48. Tetrablemmidae
    rank: family
49. Tetragnathidae
    rank: family
50. Theraphosidae
    rank: family
51. Theridiidae
    rank: family
52. Theridiosomatidae
    rank: family
53. Thomisidae
    rank: family
54. Titanoecidae
55. Trachelidae
    rank: family
56. Trochanteriidae
    rank: family
57. Uloboridae
    rank: family
58. Zodariidae
    rank: family
59. Zoropsidae
    rank: family

The specimens represented here are from various locations in Kenya. Nine counties (Busia, Garissa, Kisii, Lamu, Mandera, Migori, Nandi, Siaya, and Vihiga) had no species records while the remaining 38 counties had records of species collection.