Standardised inventories of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Macaronesia II: The native forests and dry habitats of Madeira archipelago (Madeira and Porto Santo islands)

Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte; Mário Boieiro; Pedro Cardoso; Rui Carvalho; Luís Carlos Fonseca Crespo; Rosalina Gabriel; Nuria Macías Hernández; Octávio S Paulo; Fernando Pereira; Carla Rego; Alejandra Ros-Prieto; Isamberto Silva; Ana Vieira; François Rigal; Paulo A V Borges

doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e47502

Standardised inventories of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Macaronesia II: The native forests and dry habitats of Madeira archipelago (Madeira and Porto Santo islands)

Biodivers Data J. 2020 Jan 14:8:e47502. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e47502. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte^{1

2}, Mário Boieiro¹, Pedro Cardoso^{2

3

1}, Rui Carvalho¹, Luís Carlos Fonseca Crespo^{4

2}, Rosalina Gabriel¹, Nuria Macías Hernández^{2

5}, Octávio S Paulo⁶, Fernando Pereira¹, Carla Rego¹, Alejandra Ros-Prieto¹, Isamberto Silva⁷, Ana Vieira⁶, François Rigal^{8

1}, Paulo A V Borges^{1

9}

Affiliations

¹ CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes / Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.
² LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland LIBRe - Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland.
³ IUCN SSC Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group, Helsinki, Finland IUCN SSC Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group Helsinki Finland.
⁴ Biodiversity Research Institute UB, Departament Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences (Arthropods), Barcelona, Spain Biodiversity Research Institute UB, Departament Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences (Arthropods) Barcelona Spain.
⁵ Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, IPNA-CSIC, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, IPNA-CSIC Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain.
⁶ Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Computational Biology and Population Genomics Group, Lisbon, Portugal Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Computational Biology and Population Genomics Group Lisbon Portugal.
⁷ Instituto das Florestas e da Conservação da Natureza, Funchal, Portugal Instituto das Florestas e da Conservação da Natureza Funchal Portugal.
⁸ Environment and Microbiology Team, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau Cedex, France Environment and Microbiology Team, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour Pau Cedex France.
⁹ IUCN - SSC Mid-Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal IUCN - SSC Mid-Atlantic Island Invertebrates Specialist Group Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.

Abstract

Background: Here we present the data obtained from the samples collected as part of a large research project (MACDIV) which aims at understanding the drivers of spider (Araneae) community assembly in Macaronesian islands. To obtain the data, we applied the sampling protocol COBRA (Conservation Oriented Biodiversity Rapid Assessment), in twelve 50 m x 50 m native forest plots and five dry habitat plots on the island of Madeiraand in 5 dry habitat plots on the island of Porto Santo. Through this publication, we contribute to the knowledge of the arachnofauna of the Madeiran archipelago.

New information: From the samples that we collected, we obtained a total of 14,902 specimens, of which 49% were adults (7,263). We identified these specimens to 87 species and 18 morphospecies (undescribed), belonging to 26 families. Species of the family Linyphiidae dominated the samples, with 24 (morpho)species. Out of the 105 recorded (morpho)species, 34 were endemic, 26 native non-endemic, 22 introduced and 23 species of unknown origin. We report seven new records of possibly recently introduced species in the Madeiran archipelago. We also present 21 new records for Madeira island and 32 for Porto Santo (33 for the whole archipelago).

Keywords: Araneae; Arthropoda; Madeira; Porto Santo; dry habitat; exotic species; native forest; standardised sampling.

Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte, Mário Boieiro, Pedro Cardoso, Rui Carvalho, Luís Carlos Fonseca Crespo, Rosalina Gabriel, Nuria Macías Hernández, Octávio S. Paulo, Fernando Pereira, Carla Rego, Alejandra Ros-Prieto, Isamberto Silva, Ana Vieira, François Rigal, Paulo A. V. Borges.