A checklist of spiders in tea plantations of China.

BACKGROUND: Spiders are the most dominant predatory natural enemies of insect pests in the tea plantation ecosystem. There has been a large amount of literature published about the investigation of spider species in Chinese tea plantations from 1982 to 2020. Here, the spider species in Chinese tea plantations has been summarised and the dominant spider species in each regional tea plantation recorded. To date, there were 535 spider species from 40 families reported in Chinese tea plantations. NEW INFORMATION: There are 245 spider species from 13 families now being added to the checklist. A total of 89 spider species from 19 families were the dominant species, amongst them, Agelena labyrinthica, Allagelena difficilis, Neoscona theisi, Clubiona deletrix, Clubiona japonicola, Hylyphantes graminicola, Pardosa laura, Oxyopes sertatus, Evarcha albaria, Plexippus paykulli, Coleosoma octomaculatum, Ebrechtella tricuspidata and Xysticus ephippiatus were recorded in many tea plantations. The checklist will provide important data for the biodiversity and distribution of spiders in tea plantations of China. Xuhao Song, Tingbang Yang, Xiaoqin Xu, Yang Zhong.

Introduction

Compared with other farmland ecosystems, tea plantations are relatively stable ecosystems, containing many natural enemies of pests and these ecosystems provide favourable conditions for the protection and utilisation of natural enemies for pest control (Ye et al. 2014). The main invertebrate predators of tea pests are , , , , , and (Das et al. 2010). Amongst them, spiders are the most dominant predatory natural enemies in the tea plantation ecosystem and the number of their occurrence accounts for 65.0%-97.8% of predatory natural enemies (Chen et al. 2004). Chen et al. (2000) performed a comprehensive investigation on spider species in Chinese tea plantations from 1983 to 1999 and reported a total of 290 spider species from 27 families. Since then, spider species have continually been reported in Chinese tea plantations and there has been a large amount of literature published about the investigation of spider species in tea plantations. Here, literature about the investigation of spider species in Chinese tea plantations has been collated. The spider species from 16 Provinces (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang) and one Municipality (Chongqing) of China have been summarised (Fig. 1). The geographical distribution of each spider species and the dominant spider species in each regional tea plantation have been recorded in detail. The checklist will provide important data for the biodiversity and distribution of spiders in tea plantations of China.

Figure 1.

The spider species are summarised from tea plantations of 16 Provinces and one Municipality of China.

Geographic coverage

Description

A total of 16 Provinces (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang) and one Municipality (Chongqing) of China have been investigated.

Coordinates

and Latitude; and Longitude.

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Data resources

Data package title

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Number of data sets

2

Data set 1.

Data set name

Checklist.txt

Number of columns

4

Data set 2.

List_of_References.txt

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Additional information

To date, there were 535 spider species from 40 families reported in Chinese tea plantations, with a total of 13 families and 245 species now being added compared with those reported by Chen et al. (2000). A total of 89 spider species from 19 families were the dominant species, amongst them, , , , , , , , , , , , and were recorded in many tea plantations (Table 1).

Table 1.

Dominant spider species in tea plantations of China.

Family	Species	References
Atypidae	Atypus heterothecus Zhang, 1985	Cui et al. 2012
Atypidae	Atypus sinensis Schenkel, 1953	Zhu et al. 2011
Agelenidae	Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757)	Zhang 1983, Xu et al. 1995, Han et al. 2006, Dai and Han 2009, Zhu et al. 2011
Agelenidae	Agelena limbata Thorell, 1897	Dai and Han 2009
Agelenidae	Allagelena difficilis (Fox, 1936)	Dai and Han 2009, Zhu et al. 2011, Cui et al. 2012, Li 2012, Wang et al. 2013
Agelenidae	Pireneitega taishanensis (Wang, Yin, Peng & Xie, 1990)	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Acusilas coccineus Simon, 1895	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757	Xu et al. 1995
Araneidae	Araneus ejusmodi Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878	Dai and Han 2009, Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Cyclosa atrata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Cyclosa octotuberculata Karsch, 1879	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Cyclosa sedeculata Karsch, 1879	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Eriovixia laglaizei (Simon, 1877)	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Hypsosinga sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844)	Dai and Han 2009
Araneidae	Lariniaria argiopiformis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Dai and Han 2009
Araneidae	Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757)	Dai and Han 2009
Araneidae	Neoscona adianta (Walckenaer, 1802)	Zhang 1983, Dai and Han 2009, Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall, 1857)	Zhu et al. 2011
Araneidae	Neoscona scylla (Karsch, 1879)	Dai and Han 2009
Araneidae	Neoscona scylloides (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Li et al. 2012
Araneidae	Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841)	Zhang 1983, Liu et al. 1994, Li et al. 2012, Liu et al. 2015
Araneidae	Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878	Dai and Han 2009
Araneidae	Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)	Dai and Han 2009
Araneidae	Singa hamata (Clerck, 1757)	Han et al. 2006, Li et al. 2012
Clubionidae	Clubiona corrugata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003
Clubionidae	Clubiona deletrix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885	Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003, Dai and Han 2009, Xiong et al. 2010, Li et al. 2012, Liu et al. 2015
Clubionidae	Clubiona duoconcava Zhang & Hu, 1991	Cui et al. 2012
Clubionidae	Clubiona japonicola Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Xie 1995, Dai and Han 2009, Xiong et al. 2010, Chen 2016
Ctenidae	Anahita fauna Karsch, 1879	Cui et al. 2012, Li et al. 2012
Gnaphosidae	Zelotes asiaticus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Dai and Han 2009, Huang et al. 2012, Li 2012, Li et al. 2012, Gao 2014
Hahniidae	Hahnia zhejiangensis Song & Zheng, 1982	Gao 2014
Linyphiidae	Gnathonarium gibberum Oi, 1960	Dai and Han 2009
Linyphiidae	Hylyphantes graminicola (Sundevall, 1830)	Hou and Zhao 1982, Zhang 1983, Xie 1995, Xu et al. 1995, Han et al. 2006, Zeng et al. 2008, Dai and Han 2009, Feng et al. 2010, Li et al. 2010, Li et al. 2012, Feng et al. 2013, Wang et al. 2013, Liu et al. 2015
Linyphiidae	Neriene cavaleriei (Schenkel, 1963)	Cui et al. 2012, Li et al. 2012
Linyphiidae	Neriene oidedicata van Helsdingen, 1969	Chen 1992
Linyphiidae	Neriene radiata (Walckenaer, 1841)	Zhang 1983, Xu et al. 1995
Linyphiidae	Ummeliata insecticeps (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Dai and Han 2009
Lycosidae	Lycosa coelestis L. Koch, 1878	Huang et al. 2012, Li 2012, Li et al. 2012
Lycosidae	Pardosa astrigera L. Koch, 1878	Dai and Han 2009, Li et al. 2012, Li et al. 2012
Lycosidae	Pardosa laura Karsch, 1879	Dai and Han 2009, Cui et al. 2012, Li 2012, Li et al. 2012, Wang et al. 2013, Xing and Zhu 2015, Xing et al. 2016
Lycosidae	Pardosa pseudoannulata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Xing and Zhu 2015, Xing et al. 2016
Lycosidae	Pardosa tschekiangiensis Schenkel, 1963	Dai and Han 2009
Lycosidae	Pirata subpiraticus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Xing and Zhu 2015, Xing et al. 2016
Lycosidae	Piratula procurva (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Huang et al. 2012
Lycosidae	Trochosa ruricoloides Schenkel, 1963	Dai and Han 2009
Lycosidae	Trochosa suiningensis Peng, Yin, Zhang & Kim, 1997	Li et al. 2012
Miturgidae	Prochora praticola (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Li et al. 2012, Gao 2014
Oxyopidae	Oxyopes fujianicus Song & Zhu, 1993	Li et al. 2012
Oxyopidae	Oxyopes hotingchiehi Schenkel, 1963	Li et al. 2012
Oxyopidae	Oxyopes macilentus L. Koch, 1878	Li et al. 2012
Oxyopidae	Oxyopes sertatus L. Koch, 1878	Zhang 1983, Liu et al. 1994, Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003, Han et al. 2006, Zeng et al. 2008, Dai and Han 2009, Feng et al. 2010, Deng and Tan 2002, Li et al. 2010
Philodromidae	Philodromus rufus Walckenaer, 1826	Dai and Han 2009
Pholcidae	Pholcus crypticolens Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Li et al. 2012
Pisauridae	Dolomedes saganus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Dai and Han 2009
Salticidae	Bianor angulosus (Karsch, 1879)	Bai et al. 2011, Li et al. 2012
Salticidae	Evarcha albaria (L. Koch, 1878)	Liu et al. 1994, Xie 1995, Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003, Han et al. 2006, Zhu et al. 2011, Cui et al. 2012, Li 2012, Li et al. 2012, Li et al. 2010, Gao 2014
Salticidae	Hasarius adansoni (Audouin, 1826)	Dai and Han 2009, Li et al. 2012
Salticidae	Mendoza canestrinii (Ninni, 1868)	Dai and Han 2009
Salticidae	Myrmarachne gisti Fox, 1937	Li et al. 2012
Salticidae	Myrmarachne inermichelis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Li et al. 2010
Salticidae	Phintella arenicolor (Grube, 1861)	Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003, Dai and Han 2009
Salticidae	Phintella bifurcilinea (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Chen 1992
Salticidae	Phintella versicolor (C. L. Koch, 1846)	Xie 1995, Li et al. 2010, Li et al. 2012
Salticidae	Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826)	Liu et al. 1994, Han et al. 2006, Dai and Han 2009, Li et al. 2012
Salticidae	Plexippus setipes Karsch, 1879	Xie 1995, Li et al. 2010
Salticidae	Sibianor aurocinctus (Ohlert, 1865)	Dai and Han 2009, Bai et al. 2011
Salticidae	Siler cupreus Simon, 1889	Dai and Han 2009
Tetragnathidae	Leucauge blanda (L. Koch, 1878)	Xing and Zhu 2015, Xing et al. 2016
Tetragnathidae	Pachygnatha quadrimaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Li et al. 2012
Tetragnathidae	Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895	Liu et al. 1994, Dai and Han 2009, Liu et al. 2015
Tetragnathidae	Tetragnatha praedonia L. Koch, 1878	Chen 1992, Dai and Han 2009, Chen 2016
Tetragnathidae	Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879	Xu et al. 1995, Xiong et al. 2010
Theridiidae	Chrosiothes sudabides (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Li et al. 2012
Theridiidae	Chrysso argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952)	Liu et al. 1994
Theridiidae	Coleosoma blandum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882	Xing and Zhu 2015, Chen 2016, Xing et al. 2016
Theridiidae	Coleosoma octomaculatum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Hou and Zhao 1982, Zhang 1983, Liu et al. 1994, Xie 1995, Xu et al. 1995, Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003, Han et al. 2006, Zeng et al. 2008, Dai and Han 2009, Li et al. 2010, Li 2012, Li et al. 2012, Feng et al. 2013, Liu et al. 2015, Chen 2016
Theridiidae	Enoplognatha caricis (Fickert, 1876)	Liu et al. 2015
Theridiidae	Episinus variacorneus Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1992	Liu et al. 1994
Theridiidae	Meotipa pulcherrima (Mello-Leitão, 1917)	Cui et al. 2012
Theridiidae	Nihonhimea japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Dai and Han 2009
Theridiidae	Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)	Liu et al. 1994
Theridiidae	Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841)	Dai and Han 2009
Thomisidae	Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fabricius, 1775)	Zhang 1983, Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003, Han et al. 2006, Zeng et al. 2008, Dai and Han 2009, Feng et al. 2010, Li et al. 2010, Zhu et al. 2011, Liu et al. 2015
Thomisidae	Runcinia insect (L. Koch, 1875)	Li et al. 2012
Thomisidae	Xysticus croceus Fox, 1937	Cui et al. 2012
Thomisidae	Xysticus ephippiatus Simon, 1880	Zhang et al. 1996, Chen 2003, Han et al. 2006, Dai and Han 2009, Feng et al. 2010, Li 2012, Li et al. 2012, Liu et al. 2015
Trachelidae	Trachelas japonicus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906	Liu et al. 1994

Rank	Scientific Name	Common Name
order	Araneae	Spiders

Data set 1.

Column label	Column description
Family	Taxonomic level of family.
Species	Taxonomic level of species.
Distribution	Geographical distribution of spiders in tea plantations of China.
References	Source of information on spider species.

Data set 2.

Column label	Column description
List of references	A list of the references cited in Checklist.txt.