Faunistic diversity of spiders (Araneae) in Galichitsa mountain (FYR Macedonia)

By

Deltshev, Christo
Komnenov, Marjan
Blagoev, Gergin
Georgiev, Teodor
Lazarov, Stoyan
Stojkoska, Emilija
Naumova, Maria

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013-09-16

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

1

Pages

1--70

Subjects

faunistic , Galichitsa Mt. , Spiders , taxonomy , Zoogeography

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e977
eLocator: e977

 

Abstract

A total of 294 species from 31 families have been found in Galichitsa Mt. Of them, 85 species are new to the mountain, while 20 are also new to the fauna of FYR of Macedonia. According to their current distribution the established species can be assigned to 17 zoogeographical categories, grouped into 5 complexes (Cosmopolitan, Holarctic, European, Mediterranean, Endemics of Balkans). Dominant are Holarctic species (66.0%) followed by European (16.5%) and Mediterranean (9.3%). The endemics (6.2%) and Southeast European species (1.7%) emphasize the local character of this fauna, but its low percentage suggests an important process of colonization.