Miller Jeremy A, Schilthuizen Menno, Burmester Jennie Lilliendahl, van der Graaf Lot, Merckx Vincent, Jocqué Merlijn, Kessler Paul Joseph Antonius, Fayle Tom Maurice, Breeschoten Thijmen, Broeren Regi, Bouman Roderick, Chua Wan-Ji, Feijen Frida, Fermont Tanita, Groen Kevin, Groen Marvin, Kil Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis, de Laat Henrica Allegonda, Moerland Michelangelo Sergio, Moncoquet Carole, Panjang Elisa, Philip Amelia Joyce, Roca-Eriksen Rebecca, Rooduijn Bastiaan, van Santen Marit, Swakman Violet, Evans Meaghan N, Evans Luke J, Love Kieran, Joscelyne Sarah H, Tober Anya Victoria, Wilson Hannah F, Ambu Laurentius N, Goossens Benoit
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands ; Plazi, Bern, Switzerland.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands ; Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Biodivers Data J. 2014 Mar 26(2):e1076. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1076. eCollection 2014.
Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. (Araneae: Symphytognathidae) was discovered during a tropical ecology field course held at the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. A taxonomic description and accompanying ecological study were completed as course activities. To assess the ecology of this species, which belongs to the ground-web-building spider community, three habitat types were surveyed: riparian forest, recently inundated riverine forest, and oil palm plantation. Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. is the most abundant ground-web-building spider species in riparian forest; it is rare or absent from the recently inundated forest and was not found in a nearby oil palm plantation. The availability of this taxonomic description may help facilitate the accumulation of data about this species and the role of inundated riverine forest in shaping invertebrate communities.
吉良粗颚蛛新种(蜘蛛目:合颚蛛科)是在马来西亚沙巴州吉良湖野外研究中心举办的热带生态学野外课程期间发现的。作为课程活动,完成了分类描述及相关生态学研究。为评估这种属于地面结网蜘蛛群落的物种的生态学特征,对三种栖息地类型进行了调查:河岸森林、近期被洪水淹没的河边森林和油棕种植园。吉良粗颚蛛新种是河岸森林中数量最多的地面结网蜘蛛物种;在近期被洪水淹没的森林中很稀少或不存在,且在附近的油棕种植园中未被发现。这一分类描述的可得性可能有助于促进关于该物种的数据积累以及被洪水淹没的河边森林在塑造无脊椎动物群落方面的作用的研究。