Araneae of Canada
In 1979 nearly 1400 spider species in 32 families either had been recorded (1249) or were believed to occur (~140) in Canada. Twenty years later, although significant progress had been made in survey efforts in some regions, Canada's spider inventory had only increased by approximately 7% to ro...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:2554701 2024-09-15T18:20:21+00:00 Araneae of Canada Bennett, Robb Blagoev, Gergin Copley, Claudia 2019-01-24 https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.26391 unknown Pensoft Publishers https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.26391 oai:zenodo.org:2554701 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode ZooKeys, 819, 41-56, (2019-01-24) Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Cephalornis Coelenterata Bilateria Nephrozoa Protostomia Ecdysozoa Circumscriptional names of the taxon under Notchia Chasmataspidida Thelyphonida BINs biodiversity assessment Biota of Canada checklist classification DNA barcoding faunistics spiders info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.26391 2024-07-26T19:37:50Z In 1979 nearly 1400 spider species in 32 families either had been recorded (1249) or were believed to occur (~140) in Canada. Twenty years later, although significant progress had been made in survey efforts in some regions, Canada's spider inventory had only increased by approximately 7% to roughly 1500 species known or expected to occur. The family count had increased to 38 but only two additions were truly novel (five family additions and one family deletion were the result of advances in family-level systematics). The first comprehensive taxonomic checklist of Canadian spider species was published in 2010 documenting the regional distributions of 1376 species representing 42 families (three novel since 1999). From 2010 through 2017 new national records steadily accumulated resulting in the current (2018) Canadian inventory of 1477 species classified in 45 families (one novel since 2010). Although there has been close to a 20% increase in the number of spider species recorded in Canada since 1979, much greater increases have occurred in some of the regional species checklists, indicating increasing knowledge of the regional distribution of species previously recorded elsewhere in Canada. For example the regional checklists for Newfoundland, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island have increased by 69%, 339%, and 520%, respectively. The national and regional increases reflect significant advances in the first two decades of the 21 st Century in spider faunistics research in previously under-sampled habitats and regions and the development of molecular techniques and consequent barcoding of spiders. Of the 1477 species recorded in Canada, 92% have been successfully DNA barcoded resulting in 1623 unique Barcode Index Numbers (BINs). At least 25 of the BINs are associated with relatively easily distinguished but undescribed morpho-species. The majority, however, appear to indicate the existence of many cryptic species within Canada's known spider fauna. These data, coupled with the fact that novel Canadian or ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Prince Edward Island Zenodo ZooKeys 819 41 56 |
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Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Cephalornis Coelenterata Bilateria Nephrozoa Protostomia Ecdysozoa Circumscriptional names of the taxon under Notchia Chasmataspidida Thelyphonida BINs biodiversity assessment Biota of Canada checklist classification DNA barcoding faunistics spiders |
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Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Cephalornis Coelenterata Bilateria Nephrozoa Protostomia Ecdysozoa Circumscriptional names of the taxon under Notchia Chasmataspidida Thelyphonida BINs biodiversity assessment Biota of Canada checklist classification DNA barcoding faunistics spiders |
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In 1979 nearly 1400 spider species in 32 families either had been recorded (1249) or were believed to occur (~140) in Canada. Twenty years later, although significant progress had been made in survey efforts in some regions, Canada's spider inventory had only increased by approximately 7% to roughly 1500 species known or expected to occur. The family count had increased to 38 but only two additions were truly novel (five family additions and one family deletion were the result of advances in family-level systematics). The first comprehensive taxonomic checklist of Canadian spider species was published in 2010 documenting the regional distributions of 1376 species representing 42 families (three novel since 1999). From 2010 through 2017 new national records steadily accumulated resulting in the current (2018) Canadian inventory of 1477 species classified in 45 families (one novel since 2010). Although there has been close to a 20% increase in the number of spider species recorded in Canada since 1979, much greater increases have occurred in some of the regional species checklists, indicating increasing knowledge of the regional distribution of species previously recorded elsewhere in Canada. For example the regional checklists for Newfoundland, British Columbia, and Prince Edward Island have increased by 69%, 339%, and 520%, respectively. The national and regional increases reflect significant advances in the first two decades of the 21 st Century in spider faunistics research in previously under-sampled habitats and regions and the development of molecular techniques and consequent barcoding of spiders. Of the 1477 species recorded in Canada, 92% have been successfully DNA barcoded resulting in 1623 unique Barcode Index Numbers (BINs). At least 25 of the BINs are associated with relatively easily distinguished but undescribed morpho-species. The majority, however, appear to indicate the existence of many cryptic species within Canada's known spider fauna. These data, coupled with the fact that novel Canadian or ... |
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Araneae of Canada |
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