New lycosoid spiders from cave and surface habitats in southern Australia and Cape Range peninsula (Araneae: Lycosoidea)

Gray, Michael R.; Thompson, Judith

doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.64.2001.159-170

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“…Basis (narrative): Given the relatively high number of records (Gray and Thompson 2001), it was possible to perform species distribution modelling (see methods for details).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Range description: This species has been recorded from Australia only, the latest dates from 1990 (Gray and Thompson 2001).…”

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“…Habitat (narrative): This cribbelate species of hunting spider is found in forest and woodland habitats in south-western Australia (Gray and Thompson 2001). Specimens were recorded from Kari and tingle woodland, eucalypt woodland and from jarrah, sheoak & karri forests (Gray and Thompson 2001).…”

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Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders IV: Scytodidae to Zoropsidae

Seppälä¹,

Henriques²,

Draney³

et al. 2018

BDJ

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BackgroundThe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most widely used information source on the extinction risk of species. One of the uses of the Red List is to evaluate and monitor the state of biodiversity and a possible approach for this purpose is the Red List Index (RLI). For many taxa, mainly hyperdiverse groups, it is not possible within available resources to assess all known species. In such cases, a random sample of species might be selected for assessment and the results derived from it extrapolated for the entire group - the Sampled Red List Index (SRLI). The current contribution is the final in four papers that will constitute the baseline of a future spider SRLI encompassing 200 species distributed across the world.New informationA sample of 200 species of spiders were randomly selected from the World Spider Catalogue, an updated global database containing all recognised species names for the group. The selected species were classified taxonomically at the family level and the familes were ordered alphabetically. In this publication, we present the conservation profiles of 50 species belonging to the families alphabetically arranged between Scytodidae and Zoropsidae, which encompassed Scytodidae, Selenopidae, Sicariidae, Sparassidae, Tetrablemmidae, Tetragnathidae, Theraphosidae, Theridiidae, Theridiosomatidae, Thomisidae, Trochanteriidae, Zodariidae and Zoropsidae.

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“…Basis (narrative): Given the relatively high number of records (Gray and Thompson 2001), it was possible to perform species distribution modelling (see methods for details).…”

Section: Species Conservation Profilesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Range description: This species has been recorded from Australia only, the latest dates from 1990 (Gray and Thompson 2001).…”

Section: Species Conservation Profilesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders IV: Scytodidae to Zoropsidae

Seppälä¹,

Henriques²,

Draney³

et al. 2018

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“…In Australia, troglobiont spiders have been recorded from a number of families, including Anapidae [6]; Mysmenidae [7]; Pholcidae [8]; Ctenidae [9,10]; Desidae [9]; Gradungulidae [11]; Zoropsidae [10]; Linyphiidae [12]; Stiphidiidae [9]; Symphytognathidae [13]; Trachycosmidae [14]; and, the subject of this paper, the Anamidae [15]. While all of these examples are regarded as troglobionts, for many this is inferred from their location in cave systems, with only some actually showing evident troglomorphic features.…”

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A Case for Below-Ground Dispersal? Insights into the Biology, Ecology and Conservation of Blind Cave Spiders in the Genus Troglodiplura (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae)

Marsh

Milner

Shaw

et al. 2023

Insects

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Previously described from only fragments of exoskeleton and juvenile specimens, the cave spider genus Troglodiplura (Araneae: Anamidae), endemic to the Nullarbor Plain, is the only troglomorphic member of the infraorder Mygalomorphae recorded from Australia. We investigated the distribution of Troglodiplura in South Australia, collecting and observing the first (intact) mature specimens, widening the number of caves it has been recorded in, and documenting threats to conservation. Phylogenetic analyses support the placement of Troglodiplura as an independent lineage within the subfamily Anaminae (the ‘Troglodiplura group’) and provide unequivocal evidence that populations from apparently isolated cave systems are conspecifics of T. beirutpakbarai Harvey & Rix, 2020, with extremely low or negligible inter-population mitochondrial divergences. This is intriguing evidence for recent or contemporary subterranean dispersal of these large, troglomorphic spiders. Observations of adults and juvenile spiders taken in the natural cave environment, and supported by observations in captivity, revealed the use of crevices within caves as shelters, but no evidence of silk use for burrow construction, contrasting with the typical burrowing behaviours seen in other Anamidae. We identify a range of threats posed to the species and to the fragile cave ecosystem, and provide recommendations for further research to better define the distribution of vulnerable taxa within caves and identify actions needed to protect them.

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“…recorded several blind stiphidiids of the genus Tartarus Gray, and the monotypic ctenid genus JanusiaGray 1973 from the Nullarbor Plain, in southern Australia. The highly troglobitic Bengalla hertmainiGray & Thompson 2001 occurs in the deep limestone cave of the Cape Range Peninsula(Gray & Thompson 2001); although originally described within the Lycosoidea, it was later transferred to the family Tengellidae(Raven & Stumkat 2005).The Callawa and Cundaline Ridge systems in the Yarrie Station area are located approximately 200 km east of Port Hedland on the northern margin of the Pilbara Craton. The ridges are mostly comprised of sandstones, shales and Archaean banded irons within which there are many fractures and fissures providing habitat for subterranean invertebrates.…”

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A new species of blind subterranean Tetrablemma (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) from Australia

Burger¹,

Harvey

Stevens

2010

Journal of Arachnology

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New lycosoid spiders from cave and surface habitats in southern Australia and Cape Range peninsula (Araneae: Lycosoidea)

Abstract: -Two new genera of Iycosoid spiders (Araneae: Lycosoidea)

Cited by 8 publications

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Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders IV: Scytodidae to Zoropsidae

Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders IV: Scytodidae to Zoropsidae

A Case for Below-Ground Dispersal? Insights into the Biology, Ecology and Conservation of Blind Cave Spiders in the Genus Troglodiplura (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae)

A new species of blind subterranean Tetrablemma (Araneae: Tetrablemmidae) from Australia

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