DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15608676
title: TABLE 2 in A checklist of spiders from the herbaceous layer of a coastal dune forest ecosystem at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae)

description: TABLE 2 Annotated checklist of spiders recorded during a two-month period (November & December 1995), from four mined stands of rehabilitating coastal dune forest (2-, 8-, 12- & 16-year old stands) and one unmined, undisturbed stand (c. 100-year old), at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Totals per species are provided in the last column and totals per stand in the last row. Abbreviations: OWB – orb-web, SHWB – sheet-web, SPWB – space-web, W – wanderers, WB – web dwellers.
Stands (approximate ages)SpeciesGuilds2-yr8-yr12-yr16-yr100-yrTotalsARANEIDAEAcusilas africanus Simon, 1895OWB2----2Araneus holzapfelae Lessert, 1936OWB-1--34Araneus nigroquadratus Lawrence, 1937OWB3826172285Argiope aurocincta Pocock, 1898OWB711---18Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858)OWB1192--22Caerostris sexcuspidata (Fabricius, 1793)OWB6717588-3333Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)OWB--1--1Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873OWB7-18--25Isoxya cicatricosa (C.L. Koch, 1844)OWB----11Isoxya tabulata (Thorell, 1859)OWB8521-1650Lipocrea longissima (Simon, 1881)OWB---2-2Mahembea hewitti Lessert, 1930OWB----11Nemoscolus elongatus Lawrence, 1947OWB1----1Nemoscolus vigintipunctatus Simon, 1897OWB311--5Neoscona blondeli (Simon, 1885)OWB18--18-36Neoscona subfusca (C.L. Koch, 1837)OWB44178-33Pararaneus cyrtoscapus (Pocock, 1898)OWB571121--170Taxa indet. (1)OWB1---23Totals2243441663028792CLUBIONIDAEClubiona lawrencei Roewer, 1951W323-19Clubiona pupillaris Lawrence, 1938W-11-13Totals334-212SpeciesGuilds2-yr8-yr12-yr16-yr100-yrTotalsCORINNIDAEAustrachelas incertus Lawrence, 1938W1----1Copa flavoplumosa Simon, 1885W11-1-3Trachelas roeweri Lawrence, 1938W1----1Totals31-1-5CYATHOLIPIDAEIsicabu zuluensis Griswold, 1987SHWB-2--13DEINOPIDAEDeinopis cornigera Gerstäcker, 1873OWB-141--15GNAPHOSIDAEAphantaulax signicollis Tucker, 1923W--11-2Xerophaeus bicavus Tucker, 1923W1----1Totals1-11-3LINYPHIIDAETaxa indet. (1)SHWB-2--46LIOCRANIDAETaxa indet. (1)W-1---1LYCOSIDAEPardosa sp. (immature)W--1-12Taxa indet. (1)W334-111Totals335-213MIMETIDAEMimetus natalensis Lawrence, 1938W-1--89MITURGIDAECheiracanthium aculeutum Simon, 1884W11-2-4Cheiramiona clavigera (Simon, 1897)W543--12Cheiramiona filipes (Simon, 1898)W1----1Cheiramiona silvicola (Lawrence, 1938)W831--12Totals15842-29OXYOPIDAEHamataliwa sp. 1 indet.W2---13Oxyopes hoggi Lessert, 1915W1-1--2Oxyopes longispinosus Lawrence, 1938W142813147Oxyopes vogelsangeri Lessert, 1946W-1---1Oxyopes sp. 1 indet.W-6---6Oxyopes sp. 2 indet.W-1-1-2Totals173624261PHOLCIDAESpermophora sp. (immature)SPWB----55Micromerys sp. indet.SPWB----33Totals----88PHILODROMIDAEPhilodromus browningi Lawrence, 1952W---2-2Suemus punctatus Lawrence, 1938W5-14-10Tibellus flavipes Caporiacco, 1939W--13-4Thanatus sp. (immature)W--1--1Totals5-39-17PISAURIDAECharminus ambiguus (Lessert, 1925)SHWB14910741-5302Charminus atomarius (Lawrence, 1942)SHWB58219236-11524Charminus natalensis (Lawrence, 1947)SHWB45---9Cispinilus sp. (immature)SHWB357--143Totals246338277-17878SpeciesGuilds 2-yr8-yr12-yr16-yr100-yrTotalsSALTICIDAEBrancus bevisi Lessert, 1925W1----1Festucula festuculaeformis (Lessert, 1925)W---2-2Heliophanus debilis Simon, 1901W-4-6-10Hyllus marleyi Lessert, 1925W121--4Myrmarachne laurentina Bacelar, 1953W----11Thyene inflata (Gerstäcker, 1873)W132-3321Thyene natalii Peckham & Peckham, 1903W10-12215Thyenula aurantiaca (Simon, 1902)W76140133114364Totals1011481351420418SCYTODIDAEScytodes maritima Lawrence, 1938W1-4--5SELENOPIDAEAnyphops decoratus (Lawrence, 1940)W-11-13SPARASSIDAEOlios biarmatus Lessert, 1925W6---410Olios sp. 1 indet.W48411027Olios sp. 2 indet.W12---3Palystes superciliosus L. Koch, 1875W232--7Panaretella zuluana Lawrence, 1937W11---2Totals1414611449TETRAGNATHIDAELeucauge decorata (Blackwall, 1864)OWB21638--92Leucauge festiva (Blackwall, 1866)OWB371205513-225Leucauge levanderii (Kulzcynski, 1901)OWB184981-76Leucauge medjensis Lessert, 1930OWB12288--48Nephila inaurata (Walckenaer, 1842)OWB16112--29Totals1042718114-470THERIDIIDAEAchaearanaea acoreensis (Berland, 1932)SWB31---4Argyrodes convivans Lawrence, 1937SWB774--18Crustulina sp. indet.SWB11---2Phoroncidia eburnea (Simon, 1895)SWB1---12Steatoda sp. indet.SWB1----1Theridion sp. indet.SWB1--1-2Theridula sp. indet.SWB-1---1Taxa indet. (1)SWB12---214Totals261041344THOMISIDAECamaricus nigrotesselatus Simon, 1895W--21-3Diaea puncta Karsch, 1884W5-1-17Firmicus abnormis (Lessert, 1923)W---1-1Heriaeus crassispinus Lawrence, 1942W-2---2Pactates compactus Lawrence, 1947W3----3Paramystaria variabilis Lessert, 1919W-4--15Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881)W7106-124Synema langheldi Dahl, 1907W51--39Thomisops pupa Karsch, 1879W--1-12Thomisus blandus Karsch, 1880W--12-3Tmarus cameliformis Millot, 1942W-11--2Tmarus natalensis Lessert, 1925W----33Totals20181241064ULOBORIDAEUloborus sp. 1 indet.OWB21611--29Uloborus sp. 2 indet.OWB131--5Uloborus sp. 3 indet.OWB33---6Uloborus sp. 4 indet.OWB-46--10Totals62618--50Total no. spiders7891241724811202955Total no. species615646243596
description: Published as part of Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. & Wassenaar, T. D., 2006, A checklist of spiders from the herbaceous layer of a coastal dune forest ecosystem at Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 68-70 in African Invertebrates 47 on page 68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667494