Systematics, ecology and distribution of the mygalomorph spider genus Cteniza Latreille, 1829 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae)

Decae, Arthur E.; Mammola, Stefano; Rizzo, Pierluigi; Isaia, Marco

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4550.4.2

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“…Inevitably, the few studies on ants, ground beetles and spiders have often been opportunistic, largely reflecting the specific interests of the few authors who have ventured to explore the potential of SDMs in terrestrial arthropod research. For example, this is evident when looking at a sample of papers on spiders-most studies focused on large-sized, taxonomically unique and/or charismatic species (Decae et al, 2019;Hamilton et al, 2016;Jiménez-Valverde et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2018), taxa of medical importance (Planas et al, 2014;Taucare-Ríos et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2018) or taxa inhabiting peculiar habitats that are the interest of certain authors, such as caves (Mammola et al, , 2019Pavlek & Mammola, 2021).…”

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Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

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Pétillon

Hacala

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Diversity and Distributions

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AimSpecies distribution models (SDMs) have emerged as essential tools in the equipment of many ecologists, useful to explore species distributions in space and time and answering an assortment of questions related to biogeography, climate change biology and conservation biology. Historically, most SDM research concentrated on well‐known organisms, especially vertebrates. In recent years, these tools are becoming increasingly important for predicting the distribution of understudied invertebrate taxa. Here, we reviewed the literature published on main terrestrial arthropod predators (ants, ground beetles and spiders) to explore some of the challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling in mega‐diverse arthropod groups.LocationGlobal.MethodsSystematic mapping of the literature and bibliometric analysis.ResultsMost SDM studies of animals to date have focused either on broad samples of vertebrates or on arthropod species that are charismatic (e.g. butterflies) or economically important (e.g. vectors of disease, crop pests and pollinators). We show that the use of SDMs to map the geography of terrestrial arthropod predators is a nascent phenomenon, with a near‐exponential growth in the number of studies over the past ten years and still limited collaborative networks among researchers. There is a bias in studies towards charismatic species and geographical areas that hold lower levels of diversity but greater availability of data, such as Europe and North America.ConclusionsArthropods pose particular modelling challenges that add to the ones already present for vertebrates, but they should also offer opportunities for future SDM research as data and new methods are made available. To overcome data limitations, we illustrate the potential of modern data sources and new modelling approaches. We discuss areas of research where SDMs may be combined with dispersal models and increasingly available phylogenetic and functional data to understand evolutionary changes in ranges and range‐limiting traits over past and contemporary time‐scales.

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Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

Mammola

Pétillon

Hacala

et al. 2021

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“…For example, this is evident when looking at a sample of papers on spiders -most studies focused on large-sized, taxonomically unique, and/or charismatic species (e.g. Decae et al, 2019;Jiménez Valverde et al, 2011;Wang et al, 2018) -, taxa of medical importance (Planas et al 2014, Wang et al 2018, Taucare-Ríos et al 2018 or taxa inhabiting peculiar habitats that are the interest of certain authors, like caves (Mammola et al 2018, Pavlek and Mammola 2020.…”

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Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

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Pétillon²,

Hacala³

et al. 2020

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Species distribution models (SDMs) are emerging as essential tools in the equipment of many ecologists; they are useful in exploring species distributions in space and time and in answering an assortment of questions related to historical biogeography, climate change biology and conservation biology. Given that arthropod distributions are strongly influenced by microclimatic conditions and microhabitat structure, they should be an ideal candidate group for SDM research, especially generalist predators because they are not directly dependent on vegetation or prey types. However, most SDM studies of animals to date have focused either on broad samples of vertebrates or on arthropod species that are charismatic (e.g. butterflies) or economically important (e.g. vectors of disease, crop pests and pollinators). By means of a systematic bibliometric approach, we targeted the literature published on key terrestrial arthropod predators (ants, ground beetles and spiders), chosen as a model to explore challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling in mega-diverse arthropod groups. We show that the use of SDMs to map the geography of terrestrial arthropod predators has been a recent phenomenon, with a near-exponential growth in the number of studies over the past 10 years and still limited collaborative networks among researchers. There is a bias in studies towards charismatic species and geographical areas that hold lower levels of diversity but greater availability of data, such as Europe and North America. To overcome some of these data limitations, we illustrate the potential of modern data sources (citizen science programmes, online databases) and new modelling approaches (ensemble of small models, modelling above the species level). Finally, we discuss areas of research where SDMs may be combined with dispersal models and increasingly available phylogenetic and functional data to obtain mechanistic descriptions of species distributions and their spatio-temporal shifts within a global change perspective.

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Evolution and comparative morphology of raptorial feet in spiders

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Griswold

Michalik

et al. 2023

Arthropod Structure & Development

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Systematics, ecology and distribution of the mygalomorph spider genus Cteniza Latreille, 1829 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae)

Cited by 694 publications

References 13 publications

Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

Challenges and opportunities of species distribution modelling of terrestrial arthropod predators

Evolution and comparative morphology of raptorial feet in spiders

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