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ARC-PPRI: National Survey of Arachnida (1905-2009)

Latest version published by South African National Biodiversity Institute on 11 January 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute
South Africa (S.A.) has a rich arachnid fauna with about 5000 known species, which represent 6% of the global arachnid diversity. Currently 75% of the arachnids are endemic to S.A.. The South African National Survey of Arachnida (SANSA) was initiated in 1997. SANSA is an umbrella project dedicated to unify and strengthen biodiversity research on arachnids in S.A.
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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Lyle R (2015): ARC-PPRI: National Survey of Arachnida (1905-2009). v1.3. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=arc_national_survey_of_arachnida&v=1.3

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is South African National Biodiversity Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 823c374e-b830-4ff2-9e97-0e86c39a3d8a.  South African National Biodiversity Institute publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by South African Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Occurrence; Arachnida; Araneae; Scorpiones; Pseudoscorpiones; Opiliones; Amblypygi; Solifugae; Specimen

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Robin Lyle
Senior Research Technician
Agricultural Research Council - Plant Protection Research Institute
ARC- Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Queenswood
0121 Queenswood
Gauteng
ZA
(012) 808 8286
http://www.arc.agric.za

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Robin Lyle
Senior Research Technician
Agricultural Research Council - Plant Protection Research Institute
ARC- Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Queenswood
0121 Queenswood
Gauteng
ZA
(012) 808 8286
http://www.arc.agric.za

Who filled in the metadata:

Fhatani Ranwashe
Data Technician
SANBI
Private Bag X7, Kirstenbosch
7735 Claremont
Western Cape
ZA
021 799 8738

Geographic Coverage

Southern Africa, with majority records in South Africa

Bounding Coordinates South West [-35, 11.09], North East [0, 46.23]

Taxonomic Coverage

All the Arachnida ordes (excluding the Acari)

Species  Arachnida (Spiders)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1905-09-01 / 2009-04-11

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 823c374e-b830-4ff2-9e97-0e86c39a3d8a
http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=arc_national_survey_of_arachnida