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Preliminary Study of the Spiders Inhabiting Ornamental Plants in Orman Garden, Egypt (Arachnida: Araneae)

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Spider mite

Abstract

A survey  on spiders  associated  with  foliage  of  two  ornamental  plants  (Lantana  shrubs  and  Croton trees)  was carried out in  the  Orman garden,  Giza.  Numbers of collected  spiders  were pooled  and  analyzed  for  species  diversity  using Shannon-Wiener Index,  evenness,  Simpson  Index  and  Sørensen Quotient  of Similarity.  A total  of 567  spiders  were grouped  in  13  families  belonging  to  34 genera  Lantana shrubs  received  263 individuals  representing 27  species, 25 genera,  of  l3  families,  while 304 individuals  were  collected  from  Croton trees  belonge  d ta  22 species  and  21  genera, of 10 families.  Five  families  represented  85.2Yo  of  the  total  collected. Spiders,  these  are  Miturgidae,  Philodromidae, Salticidae,  Theridiidae  and  Araneidae.  The other remaining  families  represented  14.6%  of the  total  catch.  Guild structure  analysis revealed  seven feeding  groups  namely,  stalker,  ground  runner,  foliage  runner,  ambusher,  orb  web spiders,  space weaver and  wandering  sheet  spiders.  This grouping  varied  in  relation  to  the  structural  quality  of vegetation;  the  foliage  runner,  stalker  and  ambusher  spiders  were  the  dominant  feeding  guilds  on  Lantana,  while the  orb web  spiders,  the  space  weavers  and the  ambushers  were  the  dominant feeding  guilds  on Croton.

DOI

10.21608/ajesa.2013.163790

Keywords

Araneae, diversity, Foraging guild, Orman garden, Shannon Wiener Index, Simpson lndex, similarity, Ssrensen Quotient

Authors

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Ghallab

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Plant Protection Research. Institute , ARC., Giza, Egypt

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7

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2

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23864

Issue Date

2013-12-01

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2021-04-13

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2013-12-01

Page Start

85

Page End

92

Print ISSN

1687-4633

Online ISSN

2090-3790

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28

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Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology

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https://ajesa.journals.ekb.eg/

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Preliminary Study of the Spiders Inhabiting Ornamental Plants in Orman Garden, Egypt (Arachnida: Araneae)

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22 Jan 2023