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

  • Jober Fernando Sobczak,
  • Jullyana Cristina Moura Sobczak,
  • Diego Pádua,
  • Emily Oliveira Fonseca,
  • Francisco Ageu de Sousa Nobrega,
  • Joedson Castro Pires,
  • Marcio Lopes Faustino,
  • German Antonio Villanueva-Bonilla

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/15.5.933
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 5
pp. 933 – 936

Abstract

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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.

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