Rugathodes madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987

Crespo, Luis C., Boieiro, Mario, Cardoso, Pedro, Aguiar, Carlos A. S., Amorim, Isabel R., Barrinha, Carla, Borges, Paulo A. V., Menezes, Dilia, Pereira, Fernando, Rego, Carla, Ribeiro, Servio, Silva, Israel F. & Serrano, Artur R. M., 2014, Spatial distribution of Madeira Island Laurisilva endemic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), Biodiversity Data Journal 2, pp. 1051-1051 : 1051

Rugathodes madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 3; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Faja da Nogueira - Pte. Roquete ; verbatimElevation: 1074; decimalLatitude: 32.7391; decimalLongitude: -16.9156; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 2 females; Location: locationID: 4; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Faja da Nogueira - Mtdo. do Leacoque ; verbatimElevation: 630; decimalLatitude: 32.7415; decimalLongitude: -16.9161; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 8; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Faja da Nogueira - Til Gigante ; verbatimElevation: 841; decimalLatitude: 32.7457; decimalLongitude: -16.915; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 9; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Queimadas ; verbatimElevation: 841; decimalLatitude: 32.7873; decimalLongitude: -16.9047; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; Location: locationID: 10; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Pico das Pedras ; verbatimElevation: 883; decimalLatitude: 32.7841; decimalLongitude: -16.9055; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 male; Location: locationID: 11; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Achada do Teixeira ; verbatimElevation: 1211; decimalLatitude: 32.7733; decimalLongitude: -16.9081; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 12; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Achada do Teixeira ; verbatimElevation: 1103; decimalLatitude: 32.7762; decimalLongitude: -16.9022; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 12; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Achada do Teixeira ; verbatimElevation: 1103; decimalLatitude: 32.7762; decimalLongitude: -16.9022; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 13; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Ribeiro Frio - Viveiro ; verbatimElevation: 906; decimalLatitude: 32.7354; decimalLongitude: -16.8864; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 17; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Porto Moniz; locality: Chao da Ribeira ; verbatimElevation: 519; decimalLatitude: 32.7933; decimalLongitude: -17.1122; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 3 females; Location: locationID: 22; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Ribeiro Bonito - Ribeiro ; verbatimElevation: 560; decimalLatitude: 32.7985; decimalLongitude: -16.936; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 2 females; Location: locationID: 24; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Porto Moniz; locality: Fanal - Levada dos Cedros ; verbatimElevation: 820; decimalLatitude: 32.8259; decimalLongitude: -17.158; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 28; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Porto Moniz; locality: Fanal ; verbatimElevation: 1134; decimalLatitude: 32.8062; decimalLongitude: -17.1409; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Pitfall Type status: Other material. Occurrence: sex: 1 female; Location: locationID: 29; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: São Vicente; locality: Ginjas ; verbatimElevation: 869; decimalLatitude: 32.7758; decimalLongitude: -17.0534; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling

Ecological interactions

Native status

SIE

Distribution

Madeira island (Fig. 5a)

Notes

This species has been found mostly in Laurisilva. Its occurence outside the largest areas of native forest may be explained by the existence of small, secluded micro-habitats composed of native flora, which might serve as ecological islands for forest species.