Original Research

A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Polokwane Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Susan M. Dippenaar, Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Mogadi A. Modiba, Thembile T. Khoza
Koedoe | Vol 50, No 1 | a128 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v50i1.128 | © 2008 Susan M. Dippenaar, Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Mogadi A. Modiba, Thembile T. Khoza | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 31 January 2008 | Published: 13 May 2008

About the author(s)

Susan M. Dippenaar, University of Limpopo, South Africa
Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa
Mogadi A. Modiba, University of Limpopo, South Africa
Thembile T. Khoza, University of Limpopo, South Africa

Full Text:

PDF (416KB)

Abstract

As part of the South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA), spiders were collected from all the field layers in the Polokwane Nature Reserve (Limpopo Province, South Africa) over a period of a year (2005–2006) using four collecting methods. Six habitat types were sampled: Acacia tortillis open savanna; A. rehmanniana woodland, false grassland, riverine and sweet thorn thicket, granite outcrop; and Aloe marlothii thicket. A total of 13 821 spiders were collected (using sweep netting, tree beating, active searching and pitfall trapping) represented by 39 families, 156 determined genera and 275 species. The most diverse families are the Thomisidae (42 spp.), Araneidae (39 spp.) and Salticidae (29 spp.). A total of 84 spp. (30.5%) were web builders and 191 spp. (69.5%) wanderers. In the Polokwane Nature Reserve, 13.75% of South African species are presently protected.

Keywords

Arachnida; Araneae; diversity; habitats; conservation

Metrics

Total abstract views: 8769
Total article views: 5407

 

Crossref Citations

1. A Revision of the Tracheline Sac Spider GenusCetonanaStrand, 1929 in the Afrotropical Region, with Descriptions of Two New Genera (Araneae: Corinnidae)
Robin Lyle, Charles R. Haddad
African Invertebrates  vol: 51  issue: 2  first page: 321  year: 2010  
doi: 10.5733/afin.051.0206

2. Soutpansberg Mountain: a spider hotspot in the Limpopo Province of South Africa (Arachnida, Araneae)
Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, T. Caswell Munyai, Colin S. Schoeman, Norbert Hahn, Stefan H. Foord
African Invertebrates  vol: 65  issue: 2  first page: 85  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.135136

3. Pitfall trapping for surveying trapdoor spiders: the importance of timing, conditions and effort
Ian Engelbrecht
Journal of Arachnology  vol: 41  issue: 2  first page: 133  year: 2013  
doi: 10.1636/P12-57.1

4. South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA): review of current knowledge, constraints and future needs for documenting spider diversity (Arachnida: Araneae)
A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, C.R. Haddad, S.H. Foord, R. Lyle, L.N. Lotz, P. Marais
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa  vol: 70  issue: 3  first page: 245  year: 2015  
doi: 10.1080/0035919X.2015.1088486

5. Hidden among the prickles: new records and updated distribution of Tmarus longicaudatus Millot, 1942 (Araneae: Thomisidae)
Arnau Calatayud-Mascarell, Pedro Alonso-Alonso, Zbyszek Boratyński, Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, Maciej Pabijan, Xabier Salgado-Irazabal
Arachnology  vol: 19  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.1.1

6. The faunistic diversity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Savanna Biome in South Africa
S.F. Foord, A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, C.R. Haddad, L.N. Lotz, R. Lyle
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa  vol: 66  issue: 3  first page: 170  year: 2011  
doi: 10.1080/0035919X.2011.639406

7. The diversity of South African spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Documenting a National Survey).
Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, Almie Van den Berg, Robin Lyle, Charles Haddad, Stefan Foord, Leon Lotz
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie  vol: 32  issue: 1  year: 2013  
doi: 10.4102/satnt.v32i1.375

8. South African National Survey of Arachnida: A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa
Stefan H. Foord, Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Rudy Jocqué, Charles R. Haddad, Robin Lyle, Peter Webb
Koedoe  vol: 58  issue: 1  year: 2016  
doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v58i1.1405

9. New Species and New Records of Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Central South Africa
Charles R. Haddad, Wanda Wesołowska
African Invertebrates  vol: 52  issue: 1  first page: 51  year: 2011  
doi: 10.5733/afin.052.0105

10. Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of South Africa
Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Charles R. Haddad, Leon N. Lotz, Ruan Booysen, Rudolph C. Steenkamp, Stefan H. Foord
African Invertebrates  vol: 64  issue: 3  first page: 221  year: 2023  
doi: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.64.111047

11. Micro-scale heterogeneity of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Soutpansberg, South Africa: a comparative survey and inventory in representative habitats
S. H. Foord, M. M. Mafadza, A. S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, B. J. Van Rensburg
African Zoology  vol: 43  issue: 2  first page: 156  year: 2008  
doi: 10.3377/1562-7020-43.2.156

12. Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders II: Gnaphosidae to Nemesiidae
Sini Seppälä, Sérgio Henriques, Michael Draney, Stefan Foord, Alastair Gibbons, Luz Gomez, Sarah Kariko, Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte, Marc Milne, Cor Vink, Pedro Cardoso
Biodiversity Data Journal  vol: 6  year: 2018  
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e26203

13. Vendaphaea, a New Dark Sac Spider Genus Apparently Endemic to the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa (Araneae: Corinnidae)
Charles R. Haddad
African Invertebrates  vol: 50  issue: 2  first page: 269  year: 2009  
doi: 10.5733/afin.050.0204

14. Surrogates of spider diversity, leveraging the conservation of a poorly known group in the Savanna Biome of South Africa
Stefan H. Foord, Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman, Eduard M. Stam
Biological Conservation  vol: 161  first page: 203  year: 2013  
doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.011

15. Diversity of non-acarine arachnids of the Ophathe Game Reserve, South Africa: Testing a rapid sampling protocol
Charles R. Haddad, Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman
Koedoe  vol: 57  issue: 1  year: 2015  
doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v57i1.1255