First record of Anelosimus jucundus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) (Araneae, Theridiidae) in the state of Ceará, Brazil

By

Villanueva, German
Sobczak, Jullyana Cristina Moura
Pádua, Diego Galvão de
Fonseca, Emily Oliveira
Nobrega, Francisco Ageu De Sousa
Castro Pires, Joedson
Faustino, Marcio Lopes
Villanueva, German

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-10-18

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

933--936

Subjects

Caatinga ecosystem , Cobweb spiders , Mangrove swamps , Social spider

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.5.933

 

Abstract

We present the first record for Anelosimus jucundus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 for the state of Ceará, Brazil. We collected 22 individuals in three different ecosystems: (1) Mangrove swamps, (2) Caatinga-type desert vegetation, and (3) Montane semi-deciduous tropical forest. We corrected the misinformation of Levi's 1963 Ceará record, was actually from the state of Pernambuco. Anelosimus jucundus presents a wide altitudinal distribution, which indicates that this species can tolerate a variety climatic conditions and can colonize a variety of sites with different vegetation.