Checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Augrabies National Park in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

This paper provides the first annotated species list of spiders presently known and protected in the Augrabies National Park. A total of 109 species from 29 families are presently protected in the park. The most species-rich families are the Salticidae (17 spp.), Gnaphosidae (17 spp.) followed by the Thomisidae (8 spp.), while 9 families are represented by singletons. Their conservation status and level of endemicity based on their known distribution are provided and approximately 4.9 % of the total South African spider fauna are protected in the Augrabies National Park, and 37 of the species recorded are South African endemics and 7 species are Northern Cape endemics and one species, Hexophthalma leroyi Lotz, 2018 is an endemic to the park