Spatial distribution of Madeira Island Laurisilva endemic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Crespo, Luis C. Author Boieiro, Mario Author Cardoso, Pedro Author Aguiar, Carlos A. S. Author Amorim, Isabel R. Author Barrinha, Carla Author Borges, Paulo A. V. Author Menezes, Dilia Author Pereira, Fernando Author Rego, Carla Author Ribeiro, Servio Author Silva, Israel F. Author Serrano, Artur R. M. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1051 1051 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1051 1314-2828-2-1051 Lathys affinis (Blackwall, 1862) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 1 female ; 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: 6; 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: 614; decimalLatitude: 32.7418 ; decimalLongitude: -16.9177 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 1 female ; Location: locationID: 7; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal ; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Faja da Nogueira - Tanque ; verbatimElevation: 845; decimalLatitude: 32.7425 ; decimalLongitude: -16.9168 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 1 male , 4 females ; 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 male , 2 females ; 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: 14; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal ; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Santana; locality: Ribeiro Frio - Cottages ; verbatimElevation: 994; decimalLatitude: 32.7319 ; decimalLongitude: -16.8861 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 5 females ; Location: locationID: 18; 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: 491; decimalLatitude: 32.7957 ; decimalLongitude: -17.1117 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 4 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 male ; 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: Pitfall Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 1 female ; Location: locationID: 25; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal ; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Porto Moniz; locality: Fanal ; verbatimElevation: 890; decimalLatitude: 32.8236 ; decimalLongitude: -17.156 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 2 females ; Location: locationID: 27; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal ; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Porto Moniz; locality: Fanal ; verbatimElevation: 1023; decimalLatitude: 32.8182 ; decimalLongitude: -17.1521 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 2 females ; 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: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 3 females ; Location: locationID: 32; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal ; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Calheta; locality: Rabacas ; verbatimElevation: 993; decimalLatitude: 32.7413 ; decimalLongitude: -17.0783 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 3 females ; Location: locationID: 33; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal ; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Porto Moniz; locality: Rabacal ; verbatimElevation: 930; decimalLatitude: 32.7647 ; decimalLongitude: -17.1341 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Type status: Other material . Occurrence: sex: 1 female ; Location: locationID: 34; higherGeography: Macaronesia; continent: Europe; waterBody: Atlantic Ocean; islandGroup: Madeira archipelago; island: Madeira; country: Portugal ; countryCode: PT; stateProvince: Madeira; county: Ponta do Sol; locality: Risco ; verbatimElevation: 1048; decimalLatitude: 32.7608 ; decimalLongitude: -17.1256 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: samplingProtocol: Direct sampling Ecological interactions Native status macaronesian endemic Distribution Madeira archipelago, Canary Islands Notes This macaronesian endemic is widespread in the Laurisilva of Madeira island. L. Crespo has examined the material cited as Lathys affinis from the Canary Islands, deposited at the Senckenberg Naturmuseum of Frankfurt, and questions their species affiliation. Additional taxonomic analyses are thus needed to clarify the taxonomic status of the Canary Islands specimens.