Abstract
Leptodrassus albidus and Setaphis carmeli are reported for the first time for the Canary Islands, on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, respectively. Also, another 13 species representing first records for some of the individual Canarian major islands are reported. Habitats of collected specimens are described and global distribution of the species is provided.
Highlights
The Canary Islands are an archipelago of volcanic origin located off northwest Africa, comprising seven major islands: El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote
Thirteen new island records as well as two new species records for the Canary arachnofauna have been detected, increasing the spider biodiversity of the archipelago to 515 species. Both Setaphis carmeli and Leptodrassus albidus are widely distributed along the Mediterranean basin
The spider assemblage in some habitats of the Canary Islands is still underestimated, it is the laurel forest areas where spider richness reaches its maximum; the two 50 × 50 m quadrats with higher richness are located in the laurel forests of Anaga in Tenerife (62 species) and Garajonay in La Gomera (70 species) (Gobierno de Canarias 2017)
Summary
The Canary Islands are an archipelago of volcanic origin located off northwest Africa, comprising seven major islands: El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. The real distribution of many species is underestimated, especially in islands and habitats that have been poorly sampled. In this article the known distribution of fifteen species is extended, reporting nine first records for Gran Canaria, four for Tenerife, and three for Fuerteventura (one of them shared with Gran Canaria). Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) are reported for the first time for the Canary Islands.
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