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The Spider Fauna of the Northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Effect of Sampling Bias on Diversity Patterns and Conservation

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Abstract

Spiders are a common and supposedly well-known group of animals that can be found in a large variety of microhabitats, including human constructions. These organisms represent a highly diversified taxon, with significant ecological and human importance. Although spiders are among the most diversified groups of arthropods, the knowledge regarding their diversity patterns suffers from strong biodiversity shortfalls. In Brazil, the distribution of spider records is strongly aggregated spatially, which can be explained by a museum effect, and the effect of easy-to-sample localities. The highest number of records is found in Atlantic Forest, and therefore, this biome has the highest number of recorded spider species and endemic species. However, these records are concentrated in a few regions. The Northern Atlantic Forest, located north of the São Francisco River, is one of the least sampled portions of the biome. This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the diversity and distribution patterns of spiders in this part of the Atlantic Forest considering data of orb-weavers (superfamily Araneoidea) and daddy long-legs (family Pholcidae) spiders. We produced maps showing the spatial variation of the distribution records in order to evaluate the sampling effort, species richness, beta-diversity, and areas of endemism. The spider fauna in Northern Atlantic Forest is known from 212 records of 70 species, and 19 of those are endemic. The present results evidence and corroborate the hypothesis of strong biodiversity shortfalls regarding the spider fauna from this part of the Atlantic Forest. These results support the striking need to stimulate the development of more scientific studies and to allow a proper recognition and conservation of this fauna.

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Carvalho, L.S., Russo, P., Brescovit, A.D., Oliveira-Tomasi, M., de Oliveira, U., dos Santos, A.J. (2023). The Spider Fauna of the Northern Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Effect of Sampling Bias on Diversity Patterns and Conservation. In: Pereira Filho, G.A., França, F.G.R., Alves, R.R.N., Vasconcellos, A. (eds) Animal Biodiversity and Conservation in Brazil's Northern Atlantic Forest. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21287-1_7

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