Murcia-Moreno Daniel, Gálvez Dumas
Coiba Scientific Station, Panama, Panama Coiba Scientific Station Panama Panama.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Panama Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Panama Panama.
Biodivers Data J. 2024 Jul 31;12:e117642. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e117642. eCollection 2024.
Coiba National Park is an offshore region on the Pacific side of Panama, which hosts several endemic species of animals and plants. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005. Despite the title awarded to the Park, knowledge about basic elements of its biodiversity are still lacking, which are of vital relevance for management and conservation policies. For instance, until now, no study had ever monitored the araneofauna diversity of the Park.
Here, we provide the first checklist of spider species in Coiba National Park, including the main island and several surrounding islands. We sampled during several field trips carried out from August 2021 to August 2023. We identified at least 152 species (98 genera and 30 families) and we report three new spiders species for Panama, namely Berland (1913), Zhang & Maddison (2012) and Peckham & Peckham (1892). We discuss the implications of our results and recommend future lines of work that include DNA barcoding, monitoring of population and community dynamics, plus linkage of climatic data from the newly-installed meteorological station on the Island.
科伊瓦国家公园位于巴拿马太平洋一侧的近海区域，拥有多种动植物特有物种。它于2005年被宣布为联合国教科文组织世界遗产地。尽管该公园获得了这一称号，但对其生物多样性基本要素的了解仍然不足，而这些要素对于管理和保护政策至关重要。例如，到目前为止，还没有研究对该公园的蜘蛛动物多样性进行过监测。
在此，我们提供了科伊瓦国家公园蜘蛛物种的第一份清单，包括主岛和几个周边岛屿。我们在2021年8月至2023年8月进行的几次实地考察中进行了采样。我们鉴定出至少152种（98属30科），并报告了巴拿马的三种新蜘蛛物种，即贝兰德（1913年）、张&麦迪逊（2012年）和佩克汉姆&佩克汉姆（1892年）。我们讨论了我们研究结果的影响，并推荐了未来的工作方向，包括DNA条形码分析、种群和群落动态监测，以及将来自该岛新安装气象站的气候数据联系起来。
