Araneae of Canada

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Bennett, Robb, Blagoev, Gergin, Copley, Claudia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019
• Subjects: 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; Canada; British Columbia; Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/2554701; https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.26391

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...