Arachnofauna of the tropical dry forest in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Ecuador

10.60545/krioxn http://patrimonio.ambiente.gob.ec/iptmae/resource?r=arachnofauna-dryforest Arachnofauna of the tropical dry forest in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Ecuador Mauricio Macias Tulcan Fundación Uru y Fundación JAPU Investigador

+593 96 362 5078 mmacias@japufundacion.org 0000-0002-9841-2948 William Leonardo Galvis Jiménez Grupo de Investigación en Aracnología y Miriapodología de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia Investigador

0000-0002-1980-4012 Cristian Barros-Diaz Fundación JAPU Presidente

0000-0003-0727-7996 Julian Pérez-Correa Fundación JAPU Director ejecutivo

0000-0002-9205-5396 2024-03-01 eng A total of 1125 spider individuals were collected in this study, which provided a representative sample of the spider community present in the forest. Through detailed taxonomic analysis, 307 different morphospecies were identified. In addition, the presence of 67 genera and 37 different families of spiders was confirmed, highlighting the taxonomic diversity of these arachnids in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest. These results are fundamental to understand the structure and functioning of spider communities in the tropical dry forest and to promote their conservation. Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml spider arachnofauna dry forest GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License. Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco -80.066 -79.942 -2.114 -2.199 unkown Cristian Barros-Diaz Fundación JAPU Presidente

0000-0003-0727-7996 Foliage shaking, leaf litter sifting, pitfall traps and manual collection. Bosque Protector Cerro Blanco Ten sampling points with different degrees of disturbance and five night sampling points were determined. Foliage shaking: This technique consisted of shaking trees and shrubs with a maximum height of 2 m, during a 100m transect and with the help of a beating savanna formed by a white cloth of 1m x 1m to facilitate the observation of arthropods, we proceeded to capture the spiders that fell on the cloth by means of a buccal aspiration. The samples were preserved in 96% alcohol. Leaf litter sifting A square meter of leaf litter was collected and passed through a manual sifter to separate the larger particles from the smaller ones, which were then placed in winkler bags for 24 hours, so that the arthropods present would fall into the collection bottle with 70% alcohol. Pitfall traps: In transects of 250 meters, 10 pitfall traps were placed consisting of plastic tubs placed on the ground with soapy water to prevent the escape of different arthropods. They were checked every 48 hours and we proceeded to preserve the captured arthropods in jars with alcohol. Manual collection: As an accessory to the other methodologies, specimens of cryptic habitats such as rock dwellers and tree bark were complemented with manual collections with the help of a brush with alcohol and a mouth aspirator. Arachnofauna of the tropical dry forest in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Ecuador 2024-02-26T01:24:38.128+00:00 dataset Macias Tulcan M, Galvis Jiménez W L, Barros-Diaz C, Pérez-Correa J (2024). Arachnofauna of the tropical dry forest in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Ecuador. Version 1.0. Fundación para la Conservación e Investigación JaPu. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.60545/krioxn http://patrimonio.ambiente.gob.ec/iptmae_test/logo.do?r=arachnofauna-dryforest