Abstract
The current checklist of spiders from Left-Bank Ukraine includes 741 species in 270 genera and 34 families. The families Linyphiidae (215 species, 29% of the fauna), Gnaphosidae (83 species, 11%) and Salticidae (79 species, 11%) are the most species-rich. The Linyphiidae species diversity declines from north to south – from 33% of the fauna in the forest zone to 16% of the fauna in the bunchgrass steppe subzone. In contrast, the proportion of Gnaphosidae increases from 7% to 13%, respectively. A total of 407 spider species was recorded from the forest natural zone, 515 species from the forest-steppe, 583 species from the forb-bunchgrass steppe subzone of the steppe zone and 375 species from the bunchgrass steppe subzone. In terms of administrative division, the araneofauna of the Donetsk Region is the richest with 514 species, the faunas of the Kharkiv (426 species), Luhansk (402 species) and Chernihov (391 species) regions follow it. The poorest is the Zaporizhzhia Region with 122 species. In total, spiders have been collected at 269 localities and the results have been published in 369 papers. Faunistic and ecological studies are the main directions of arachnological research in Left-Bank Ukraine.
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The catalogue of the spiders of Left-Bank Ukraine con tains information on the history of study as well as published and original records supported by collection material, a list of erroneous and doubtful records, synonymies, geographic coordinates of collecting localities, general geographic distri bution and species habitat preferences within the natural zo nes and subzones
The purpose of the present paper is to summarize the state of knowledge of the spiders of LeftBank Ukraine, to make a checklist based on species zonal distribution, and to outline prospective directions for future studies
Summary
BioOne Complete (complete.BioOne.org) is a full-text database of 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Die derzeitige Checkliste der Spinnen der Linksufer-Ukraine enthält 741 Arten aus 270 Gattungen und 34 Familien. Nach Verealtungseinheiten ist die Spinnenfauna der Region Donetsk mit 514 Arten am artenreichsten, gefolgt von der Regionen Kharkiv (426 Arten), Luhansk (402 Arten) und Chernihov (391 species). The catalogue of the spiders of Left-Bank Ukraine con tains information on the history of study as well as published and original records supported by collection material, a list of erroneous and doubtful records, synonymies, geographic coordinates of collecting localities, general geographic distri bution and species habitat preferences within the natural zo nes and subzones. The analysed data covered the period from 1836 to 2016, and included species collected in 263 localities
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