Diversidad de arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) en el Parque Nacional Natural Isla Gorgona, pacífico colombiano

In order to establish an approximation to the araneofauna in the Isla Gorgona, located in the Pacific Ocean at approximately 60 km from the SW coast of Colombia, we took samples in July 2003, using various methods such as capturing the spiders manually, pitfall traps, sweeping with an entomological net, and beating foliage. The samples were taken during the day and night, at four different levels of vertical stratification, in six different habitat which had different states of succession. Sixty-five samples were taken; 1398 spiders were collected and placed in 247 morphospecies, which belong ...

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