Checklist dataset Registered August 08, 2024

    Preliminary checklist of spiders (Araneae) from Coiba National Park, Panama

    Description

    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 Ctenus nigrolineatus Berland (1913), Chapoda gitae Zhang & Maddison (2012) and Sarinda nigra 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.

    Contacts

    • Dumas Gálvez

      Originator
      Metadata author
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      Coiba Scientific Station
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    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    August 08, 2024
    Metadata last modified
    August 08, 2024
    Publication date
    July 31, 2024
    Hosted by
    Pensoft Publishers
    Installation
    ARPHA Data Archives
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    Preferred identifier
    10.3897/bdj.12.e117642

    Citation

    Gálvez D (2024). Preliminary checklist of spiders (Araneae) from Coiba National Park, Panama. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.12.e117642 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-06.