Author(s): Szinetár, Cs.
Title: Spruce as spider-habitat in urban ecosystem I.
Year: 1992
Volume: 53
Pages: 179-188.
Abstract: Spiders of 15 families, 40 genera, and at least 60 species were collected from foliage of Picea abies in urban ecosystem, in West Hungary. During the study, Philodromus glaucinus Simon was identified as anew species to the Hungarian fauna. The species composition of the spiders, and their guild structure based on foraging strategy were found to be very similar to the conditions characteristic of the natural ecosystem. A significant similarity was found to be very similar to the conditions characteristic of the natural ecosytsem. A significant amount of the species found in the study is identical to the dominant species characteristic of the found with the spider fauna living on the foliage of gymnosperms in Northern America, too. Besides, the mountain dwelling and Northern European species, a number of euryvalent, mostly xerophil, and some synanthropic species are typical of the foliage-dwelling spiders on spruce in the towns. The species abundance and density values stated allow the assumption that spiders on spruce, either as predators or as preys, can play an important part in urban ecosystem.Journal: Folia entomologica hungaricaJournal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.ISSN: 0373-9465Publisher: , Editor(s): Mahunka, S.