Species diversity of epigeal spider assemblages (Araneae) in coniferous forests in the north of Belarus

Authors

  • Mikalai H. Kazulka Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Evgeni M. Zhukovets Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus
  • Alexey A. Semeniak Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

Keywords:

spiders, Araneae, species diversity, taxonomic structure, reserve, coniferous forests, Belarus

Abstract

The article presents materials on the species composition and taxonomic structure of epigeal spider assemblages in coniferous forests on the territory of republican landscape reserves «Osveisky», «Krasny Bor» and «Sinsha» (Vitebsk Region) in the late spring – early summer period. A total of 95 species of spiders were recorded. In the reserve «Osveisky», 38 species were found, in the reserve «Krasny Bor» – 73 species, and in the reserve «Sinsha» – 61 species. In different biotopes, 38–55 species were identified. Depending on the habitat, Trochosa terricola, Tapinocyba pallens, Pocadicnemis pumila, Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata, Alopecosa taeniata, Agroeca brunnea, Walckenaeria cucullata, Xysticus obscurus and Trochosa spinipalpis dominated. Analysis of beta-diversity showed significant differences in the species composition of spiders, which were more similar in the wetter pine forests, as well as in the pine forests of the reserve «Sinsha».

Author Biographies

  • Mikalai H. Kazulka, Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    junior researcher at the laboratory of terrestrial invertebrates

  • Evgeni M. Zhukovets, Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    researcher at the laboratory of terrestrial invertebrates

  • Alexey A. Semeniak, Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources, 27 Akademichnaja Street, Minsk 220072, Belarus

    researcher at the laboratory of terrestrial invertebrates

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2025-02-20

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No. 1 (2025): Experimental Biology and Biotechnology

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Kazulka, M. H. ., Zhukovets, E. M. ., & Semeniak, A. A. . (2025). Species diversity of epigeal spider assemblages (Araneae) in coniferous forests in the north of Belarus. Experimental Biology and Biotechnology, 1, 70-79. https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/biology/article/view/6804