The results of expeditionary studies of spider fauna in the State Nature Landscape Reserves (SNLR) Karansky, Laspi, Cape Aya and Baidarsky, located within the territory of the federal city of Sevastopol, are presented. There are no data available on spiders in these protected areas, except for three species described earlier by Yu. Semenko, M. Fedoriak and E. Zhukovets for the SNLR Cape Aya. The research material was collected in July 2023 using soil traps, entomological sweeping nets, and manual methods. The researcher surveyed areas of oak and beech forests, glades, forest edges, juniper woodlands, petrophytic steppes, meadow and wetland vegetation, stony scree, and rocky outcrops, as well as external and internal elements of buildings. Additionally, the material from the city of Inkerman provided by V.V. Martynov was analysed. In total, 70 species of spiders from 22 families were recorded as a result of the research. Twenty-eight species were found in Karansky SNLR, 29 species were identified in both Cape Aya and Laspi SNLRs, 9 species were recorded in Baidarsky SNLR, and 12 species in Inkerman. The largest number of species belonged to the families Gnaphosidae (12 species), Thomisidae (11 species), Salticidae (7 species) and Theridiidae (6 species). Eleven families were represented by a single species. The highest number of spider species was found in juniper sparse woodland. This habitat is also characterised by a high diversity of species composition — 18 species were recorded only there. Taking into account the literature data, the spider species list of Sevastopol currently includes 208 species from 33 families. The article presents an annotated list of identified spider species.
fauna, protected areas, species diversity
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