Spiders (Araneae) of selected sinkholes of Moravský kras Protected Landscape Area (Czech Republic)

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This paper presents spider faunistics from abandoned coppice oak forest stands located along the South Moravia region. Spiders were collected from May to July 2012 by pitfall trapping at eight different localities. We collected 1945 adult spiders representing 20 families, 53 genera, and 90 species. More than one-third of all the species are known to be xerothermophilous with ecological restrictions to open and partly shaded habitats such as forest-steppe and sparse forests which belong to endangered habitats along central Europe. The most abundant species were Pardosa alacris, P. lugubris and Arctosa lutetiana from the family Lycosidae. In the surveyed area, 24 species were found listed in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic (CR -1 species, EN -2 species, VU -15 species, LC -6 species). In general, we discovered a substantially diversified spider community with a large presence of rare and endangered species characteristic for open and xeric habitats.

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confidence: 99%

Epigeic Spiders from Lowland Oak Woodlands in the South Moravia Region (Czech Republic)

Surovcová

Košulič

Hula³

2017

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“…In the area of Moravian Karst, this species was already found by Miller (1967) and Majkus (1995). Recently, from faunistic square 6666 Z. longipes was reported from Vilémovická stráň slope by Niedobová et al (2011) and from sinkholes in very close proximity to our explored locality by Hula et al (2012). Data: 1♂,[22][23][24][25].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Papers devoted to Araneae species found directly in the caves (Absolon, 1912;Růžička, 1999aRůžička, , 1999b) cannot be omitted. The most recent published data are on the composition of the arachnofauna from the hillsides of Vilémovická and Macošská stráň (Niedobová et al, 2011) and in various sinkhole habitats (Horáková, 2005;Hula et al, 2012). Habitats in quarries were generally rather neglected by arachnologists and there are no faunistic data from Moravian Karst.…”

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Epigeic spiders (Araneae) from the Malá Dohoda Quarry (Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic)

Košulič¹,

Nováková²,

Šťastná³

2013

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KOŠULIČ ONDŘEJ, NOVÁKOVÁ LUCIE, ŠŤASTNÁ PAVLA: Epigeic spiders (Araneae) from the Malá Dohoda Quarry (Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 3, pp. 651-662 This publication makes a faunistic contribution to knowledge of the epigeic spider species composition in the limestone quarry Malá Dohoda which is located in Moravian Karst PLA. The spiders were collected by pitfall trapping between catching period 19. 3.-1. 11. 2012. We chose 6 plots all around the quarry -in the inner part, edges of quarry and outside part of quarry. A total of 1 474 adult specimens were collected and determined as 78 species of 21 families. The most signifi cant fi nding is vulnerable species (VU) Parapelecopsis nemoralis (Blackwall, 1841) which is the second record for Moravia. Among the other signifi cant fi ndings, both in term of rarity and bioindication, were

“…Maps with the occurrence of particular species were created by online application of BioLib (2017) website. Following publications were used for actual distribution data: Buchar and Růžička (2002); Bryja et al (2005); Košulič (2014Košulič ( , 2015; Košulič and Hula (2012; Hula et al (2012Hula et al ( , 2014; ČAS (2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Faunistic Study on Spiders (Araneae) in the Špraněk National Nature Reserve with Suggestion to Conservation Management of the Locality

Košulič¹

2017

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Spiders (Araneae) are a classic indicator taxon for evaluating the health of natural environments. Here, spiders from the forest ecosystems in Špraněk National Nature Reserve (Olomoucký Region) were investigated. A total of 1195 specimens were collected by pitfall traps, individual collection, sweeping herb vegetation, beating shrubs and trees, and shifting leaf litters. Currently, 126 species from 23 families from April to October 2013 were recorded. The species diversity in the Špraněk area is rather high, representing approximately 14 % of Czech araneofauna. The most abundant species were Pardosa alacris and Xerolycosa nemoralis from the family Lycosidae. Of the identified species, 15 species were found listed in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic (EN -1 species, VU -5 species, LC -9 species). Several findings represent the northernmost occurrences of rare thermophilic spiders in Moravia and even the Czech Republic. In addition, the author proposed management methods of the locality and suggests management efforts which can improve conditions for biodiversity within the studied area.