Spider fauna of Quebec 



JESO Volume 139, 2008 



ADDITIONS TO THE SPIDER FAUNA OF QUEBEC (ARANEAE) 



P. PAQUIN* 1 , N. DUPERRE 2 , A. MOCHON 3 , M. LARRIVEE 4 , C. SIMARD 5 

 *Cave and Endangered Invertebrate Research Laboratory, S WCA 

 Environmental Consultants, 4407 Monterey Oaks Boulevard, Building 1, 

 Suite 110, Austin, Texas, 78749, U.S.A. 

 email: ppaquin@swca.com 



Abstract J. ent. Soc. Out. 139: 27-39 



The knowledge of the spider fauna of Quebec, Canada, is updated with 

 provincial records gathered in bio-inventories and ecological projects. 

 Eight species are reported for the first time in the province: Araneidae: 

 Araneus guttulatus (Walckenaer, 1841), Eustala cepina (Walckenaer, 

 1841), Mastophora hutchinsoni Gertsch, 1955; Linyphiidae: Disembolus 

 saeerdotalis (Crosby and Bishop, 1933); Salticidae: Admestina wheeleri 

 Peckham and Peckham, 1 888; Tetragnathidae: Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 

 1841); Theridiidae: Dipoena appalachia Levi, 1953, and Keijia alabamensis 

 (Gertsch and Archer, 1942). Three of these species are found in Canada for 

 the first time. Collecting data, overview of distribution, and diagnoses are 

 provided for each species, in addition to detailed illustrations to facilitate 

 identification. These records bring the total to 667 known spider species 

 in the province (31 families), leaving 129 species as probable records, and 

 an estimated 45 'unpredictable' species records, for a projected total of 841 

 species. 



Published November 2008 



Introduction 



The knowledge of the spider fauna of Quebec has benefited from a solid foundation 

 established with species lists (Belanger and Hutchinson 1992; Hutchinson and Belanger 

 1994; Paquin et al. 2001) and a monograph for species level identification (Paquin and 

 Duperre 2003). Since, a few papers clarified taxonomic problems (Duperre and Paquin 

 2005), described unknown sexes (Pickavance 2004; Duperre et al. 2006), described new 

 taxa (Duperre and Paquin 2007a, b; Lopardo et al. 2008) and reported new records of species 



1 Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed. 



2 American Museum of Natural History, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Central Park 

 West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024 



3 Pare national de la Yamaska, 1780 Boul. David-Bouchard, Granby, PQ, J2G 8C7 



4 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus 21,1 1 1 

 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, PQ, H9X 3V9 



5 1 14-2635 de la Picardie, Quebec PQ, Gl V 4R3 



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