Abstract
This survey forms part of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) inventories of the South African National Parks.
Highlights
One of the core research areas of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) is to determine the number of arachnid species presently conserved in protected areas, including theSouth African National Parks (SANParks) (Dippenaar-Schoeman & Haddad 2006; DippenaarSchoeman 2016)
Conservation implications: A total of 12.7% of the South African spider fauna and 32.9% of the Eastern Cape fauna are protected in the park; 26.4% are South African endemics, and of these, 3.6% are Eastern Cape endemics
The species distribution data generated through SANParks and other surveys feeds into the conservation assessments used to compile the Red Data List of the Arachnida of
Summary
One of the core research areas of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) is to determine the number of arachnid species presently conserved in protected areas, including the. Compared to some of the better surveyed provinces of South Africa, for example, KwaZuluNatal and Limpopo, the Eastern Cape has received far less attention, but harbours relatively more endemic taxa than the Limpopo province, as a function of its size (Foord et al.2011). This serves as a possible indicator of the unique spider assemblages of the region. Cape and the third largest national park in South Africa, no documented surveys of spiders exist for this protected area. The region seldom experiences temperatures below 0 °C, while summer extremes of 45 °C are quite common (Lombard et al 2001)
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