Spider Diversity on Herbaceous Plants in Samsun Province, Türkiye

Authors : Muhammed Gökhan Çelimli, Adile Akpınar, Derya Arslan Talapov

Pages : 26-32

Doi:10.53433/yyufbed.1604105

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Publication Date : 2025-04-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, spider diversity on herbaceous plants of Samsun province was investigated. Spider specimens were collected between 2015 and 2018 by using sweeping net, aspirators, and tweezer methods, and stored at -20 ˚C and in 96% ethyl alcohol. Most spiders were found on and around the Asteraceae family. Morphological descriptions are based on the spiders of the Palearctic region and nomenclature is based on the world spider catalog. As a result of the identification, from 397 spider samples belonging to 10 families, 12 genera and 15 species were determined. These are; Phylloneta impressa (L. Koch, 1881), Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757), Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum (Simon, 1873), Oxyopes lineatus Latreille, 1806, Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874, Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758), Pulchellodromus pulchellus (Lucas, 1846), Evarcha arcuata (Clerck, 1757), Misumena vatia (Clerck, 1757), Runcinia grammica (C. L. Koch, 1837), Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772), Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772), Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802), Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876), Araneus quadratus Clerck, 1757. In the study, findings represent the first detailed spider records from herbaceous plants in the Samsun province.
Keywords : Araneae, Otsu bitkiler, Samsun