Mpala Research Centre (spiders)
Basic information
Sample name: Mpala Research Centre (spiders)
Reference: C. M. Warui, M. H. Villet, and T. P. Young. 2004. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from black cotton soil habitats of a highland savanna biome in Laikipia, central Kenya. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 1:9-20 [ER 2799]
Geography
Country: Kenya
Coordinate: 0° 17' N, 38° 52' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "adjacent to Mpala Ranch in the Laikipia District"
elevation 1750 to 1800 m
elevation 1750 to 1800 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 550.0
Habitat comments: "The vegetation... consists mainly of Acacia bushed grasslan"
MAP 500 to 600 mm
MAP 500 to 600 mm
Methods
Life forms: spiders
Sampling methods: line transect, sweep nets, pitfall traps
Sample size: 10487 individuals
Years: 2001, 2002
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "The study was conducted at MRC in 18 exclosure plots... Three pitfalls per plot... were used, making a total of 54 traps. The three pitfall traps were laid ona line transect every 3 m... Traps were left open and emptied every second week" and "Sweep-neeting... was done on a randomly selected 50 m transect in each of the 18 plots... one hundred sweeps were made along each transect... The process was repeated every fortnight throughout the study period" (which was May 2001 to June 2002)
Metadata
Sample no: 3033
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-06-20 20:54:47
Modified: 2018-06-20 10:54:47
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
132 species
16 singletons
total count 10487
geometric series index: 175.2
Fisher's α: 21.284
geometric series k: 0.9421
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9189
Shannon's H: 3.3156
Good's u: 0.9985
Register
| Olorunia sp. | 2 | |
| Araneidae indet. 2 | 2 | |
| Araneidae indet. 5 | 1 | |
| Araneidae indet. 6 | 64 | |
| Araneidae indet. 9 | 12 | |
| Araneus sp. 1 | 5 | |
| Argiope trifasciata | 289 | |
| Caerostris sp. | 10 | |
| Cyclosa insulana | 2480 | |
| Cyrtophora sp. | 1 | |
| Gea sp. | 7 | |
| Hypsosinga sp. | 125 | |
| Neoscona moreli | 37 | |
| Neoscona sp. 1 | 4 | |
| Poltys sp. | 25 | |
| Pycnacantha sp. | 1 | |
| Clubiona africana | 1 | |
| Castianeira mestrali | 4 | |
| Merenius sp. 1 | 2 | |
| Ancylotrypa sp. | 86 | |
| Eresidae indet. 1 | 1 | |
| Gallieniellidae indet.1 | 1 | |
| Asemesthes sp. 2 | 5 | |
| Camillina sp. | 52 | |
| Xerophaeus sp. 1 | 19 | |
| Xerophaeus sp. 2 | 11 | |
| Xerophaeus sp. 3 | 21 | |
| Xerophaeus sp. 4 | 16 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 3 | 15 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 4 | 3 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 5 | 22 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 7 | 2 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 8 | 12 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 9 | 26 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 10 | 2 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 11 | 2 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 12 | 11 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 14 | 21 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 15 | 23 | |
| Gnaphosidae indet. 16 | 297 | |
| Zelotinae indet. 1 | 4 | |
| Zelotinae indet. 2 | 1 | |
| Hahnia sp. | 3 | |
| Microlinyphia sterilis | 3 | |
| Tybaertiella convexa | 2 | |
| Linyphiidae indet. 2 | 2 | |
| Liocraniidae indet. 1 | 6 | |
| Evippa sp. | 6 | |
| Geolycosa sp. 1 | 226 | |
| Geolycosa sp. 2 | 106 | |
| Geolycosa sp. 3 | 7 | |
| Geolycosa sp. 4 | 38 | |
| Geolycosa sp. 5 | 32 | |
| Geolycosa sp. 6 | 3 | |
| Lycosa sp. | 259 | |
| Lycosidae indet. 1 | 9 | |
| Lycosidae indet. 2 | 105 | |
| Lycosidae indet. 3 | 478 | |
| Lycosidae indet. 4 | 3 | |
| Pardosa sp. | 2 | |
| Trabea heteroculata | 35 | |
| Trochosa sp. | 84 | |
| Cheiracanthium sp. | 142 | |
| Miturgidae indet. 2 | 1 | |
| Idiopidae indet. 2 | 4 | |
| Opopaea sp. 1 | 30 | |
| Opopaea sp. 2 | 12 | |
| Oxyopes sp. 1 | 587 | |
| Oxyopes pallidecoloratus | 432 | |
| Oxyopes sp. 3 | 115 | |
| Oxyopes sp. 4 | 4 | |
| Boagrius incisus | 27 | |
| Philodromus montanus | 2 | |
| Philodromus sp. | 47 | |
| Thanatus sp. | 33 | |
| Tibellus minor | 42 | |
| Pholcidae indet. | 2 | |
| Euprosthenopsis sp. | 66 | |
| Pisauridae indet. 1 | 10 | |
| Pisauridae indet. 3 | 1 | |
| Prodidomus sp. | 8 | |
| Aelurillus sp. | 526 | |
| Evarcha sp. 1 | 65 | |
| Evarcha sp. 2 | 5 | |
| Harmochirus bianoriformis | 2 | |
| Heliophanus sp. 1 | 13 | |
| Hyllus sp. | 19 | |
| Myrmarachne naro | 2 | |
| Rhene sp. | 71 | |
| Salticidae indet. 5 | 160 | |
| Salticidae indet. 6 | 20 | |
| Salticidae indet. 8 | 8 | |
| Salticidae indet. 12 | 320 | |
| Salticidae indet. 14 | 1 | |
| Salticidae indet. 16 | 1 | |
| Salticidae indet. 17 | 17 | |
| Salticidae indet. 18 | 18 | |
| Salticidae indet. 29 | 861 | |
| Salticidae indet. 20 | 6 | |
| Salticidae indet. 22 | 10 | |
| Salticidae indet. 23 | 26 | |
| Salticidae indet. 24 | 5 | |
| Salticidae indet. 25 | 9 | |
| Thyene sp. 1 | 41 | |
| Thyene sp. 2 | 5 | |
| Scytodes sp. | 1 | |
| Sparassidae indet. 1 | 3 | |
| Sparassidae indet. 2 | 5 | |
| Sparassidae indet. 3 | 5 | |
| Leucauge sp. | 7 | |
| Anelosimus sp. | 1 | |
| Argyrodes sp. | 22 | |
| Coscinida sp. | 3 | |
| Episinus sp.1 | 15 | |
| Latrodectus sp. | 30 | |
| Steatoda tristis | 5 | |
| Theridiidae indet. 1 | 3 | |
| Theridiidae indet. 2 | 3 | |
| Theridiostomatidae indet. | 1 | |
| Borboropactus sp. | 234 | |
| Monaeses gibbus | 3 | |
| Monaeses pustulosus | 152 | |
| Runcinia flavida | 488 | |
| Stiphropus sp. | 1 | |
| Synema sp. | 33 | |
| Thomisus stenningi | 52 | |
| Xysticus sp. | 67 | |
| Uloboridae indet. 1 | 5 | |
| Akyttara ritchiei | 26 | |
| Diores strandi | 325 | |
| Dusmadiores sp. | 86 | |
| Mallinella kibonotensis | 1 | |