An annotated check-list of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Russia

Abstract

An annotated checklist of spiders of the Khibiny Mountains (Kola Peninsula, Russia) based on both original and literature-derived data is presented for the first time. The list contains 161 species belonging to 17 families. Twenty species (Araniella proxima, Cyclosa conica, Gnaphosa bicolor, G. lapponum, G. leporina, Zelotes clivicola, Agyneta affinis, A. rurestris, Ceratinella wideri, Dicymbium nigrum, Drapetisca socialis, Entelecara erythropus, Moebelia penicillata, Oedothorax apicatus, Porrhomma campbelli, Agroeca lusatica, Alopecosa pinetorum, A. taeniata, Philodromus cespitum, Titanoeca nivalis) are recorded from Kola Peninsula for the first time. A preliminary analysis of the studied fauna is presented.

Spiders (Aranei) of the Kharaulakh Mountains and the Lena River lower reaches, northern Yakutia, Russia

“…Range types of spiders of the family Linyphiidae are given according to Tanasevitch & Koponen [2007]; Tanasevitch & Kamayev [2011] and Tanasevitch & Rybalov [2010, 2015, with additions and corrections.…”

Fires and Clear-Cuttings as Local Areas of Arthropod Diversity in Polar Regions: Khibiny Mountains

“…During the monitoring period in the Kunyok valley, a total of 124 arthropod species were identified, including 61 species of spiders, 41 species of rove beetles, and 22 species of ground beetles. This corresponded to a decrease in the known diversity of these taxa in Khibiny Mts: spiders-169 species; rove beetles-128; and ground beetles-48 species ( [33,60,73], our new data). Therefore, the proportions of each taxa in the intermountain valley were 36, 32, and 46%, respectively, of their diversity in Khibiny Mts.…”

“…The families Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, and Gnaphosidae had the greatest diversity (30, 10, and 8 species, respectively), while the first two of them predominated quantitatively (Table 2). The disturbed areas Fb, C, and Cb were inhabited by 58 species from 40 genera and 12 families, which accounted for 34% of the known spider diversity in Khibiny Mts [60]. The burnt forest (Fb) exhibited high diversity, with 41 species from 30 genera and 10 families vs. 28 species from 24 genera and 7 families in the adjacent control site F. The highest number of unique species not found in other sites (13) was also collected in Fb, while only 3 unique species were collected at control site F. Both clear-cuttings, C and Cb, had a similar number of taxa (24-25 species from 18-20 genera and 7 families) but were inferior to both forest sites F and Fb.…”

“…203region. As a result of research in the Kunyok valley, we have expanded the local spider fauna of Khibiny Mts to 169 species, compared with 161 previously known[60].…”

Разнообразие Почвенной Фауны Хибин (Итоги 10-Летних Исследований)

“…В те же годы были выполнены специальные исследования по насекомым-вредителям хвойных древостоев (жукам-короедам) и кровососущим комарам (Старк, 1931; Гуцевич, 1934). В последующие десятилетия в Хибинах проводили эпизодические исследования дождевых червей (Перель, 1979; Рыбалов, 2006), жуков -жужелиц и стафилинид (Россолимо, 1989; 1994), цикадовых (Ануфриев, 2000), чешуекрылых (Татаринов, Кулакова, 2009), шмелей (Потапов, Колосова, 2011), панцирных клещей (Karppinen, Krivolutsky, 1982;Леонов, Рахлеева, 2011, 2015, пауков (Камаев, 2010; Танасевич, Камаев, 2011 бурах горной тундры. Из 126 в. жесткокрылых -представителей семейств Staphilinidae, Carabidae, Elateridae в Хибинах обычны лишь два десятка видов: 5 в. щелкунов и по 7 в. стафилинид (с преобладанием стратобионтов подстилочных) и жужелиц.…”