Mardin ili zeytin bahçelerindeki örümcek (Araneae) türlerinin belirlenmesi

Abstract

This study was carried out in order to determine spider fauna in olive orchards of Mardin province in 2009-2011 years. Steiner funnel was used for collect spider species on plant organs. In order to determine of spider species, 20 randomly selected trees (five branches per tree, 100 strokes in total) were made beating every 15 days from April to October. A total of 257 specimens belonging to 24 genera were collected. 12 of them were males, 30 were females and 215 were nymph. 26 species belonging to 11 families, Araneidae (4), Clubionidae (1), Dictynidae (1), Eutichuridae (1), Gnaphosidae (1), Linyphiidae (2), Philodromidae (1), Prodidomidae (1), Salticidae (7), Theridiidae (3) and Thomisidae (4), were determined. It has also been determined that these spider species belonging to families Salticidae (27%), Araneidae (15.5%), Thomisidae (15.5%) and Theridiidae (11.5%) were important in terms of their prevalence and abundance in olive gardens.