Dispatch from the field : Ecology of ground-webbuilding spiders with description of a new species (Araneae, Symphytognathidae)
- Miller, Jeremy A.
- Schilthuizen, Menno
- Burmester, Jennie Lilliendahl
- van der Graaf, Lot
- Merckx, Vincent
- Jocqué, Merlijn
- Kessler, Paul Joseph Antonius
- Fayle, Tom Maurice
- Breeschoten, Thijmen
- Broeren, Regi
- Bouman, Roderick
- Chua, Wan Ji
- Feijen, Frida
- Fermont, Tanita
- Groen, Kevin
- Groen, Marvin
- Kil, Niels
- de Laat, Henrica A.
- Moerland, Michelangelo Sergio
- Moncoquet, Carole
- Panjang, Elisa
- Philip, Amelia Joyce
- Roca-Eriksen, Rebecca
- Rooduijn, Bastiaan
- van Santen, Marit
- Swakman, Violet
- Evans, Meaghan N.
- Evans, Luke J.
- Love, Kieran
- Joscelyne, Sarah H.
- Tober, Anya Victoria
- Wilson, Hannah F.
- Ambu, Laurentius N.
- Goossens, Benoit
DOIAbstract
Crassignatha danaugirangensis sp. n. (Araneae: Symphytognathidae) was discovered during a tropical ecology field course held at the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. A taxonomic description and accompanying ecological study were completed as course activities. To assess the ecology of this species, which belongs to the ground-webbuilding spider community, three habitat types were surveyed: riparian forest, recently inundated riverine forest, and oil palm plantation. Crassignatha danaugirangensis sp. n. is the most abundant ground-web-building spider species in riparian forest; it is rare or absent from the recently inundated forest and was not found in a nearby oil palm plantation. The availability of this taxonomic description ...
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