Taxonomic And Faunistic Studies On The Spider From Henan Province

Based on the investigation on the spider fauna of Henan, China, and the material from published papers, totally 385 species are found belonging to 37 families and 161 genera. Among them,31 are new to science; 2 species are undetermined; female of 1 species is newly discoveries; 2 species are new combination. Name of 1 species is new synonymy; 6 families,69 genera and 181 species are new records from Henan Province. The entire work includes the nature and geography of Henan; the fauna of spider, insect fauna and animal fauna of Henan; the materials and methods used in this dissertation; The field expedition routes from 2002 to 2006 and map of collecting sites are provided; faunistic studies and record the species. The results are mainly as follows:1. The spiders of Henan are 385 species, belonging to 37 families and 161 genera, occupy, occupy 60.66%,35.00%and 15.16%of species recorded in China respectively. Abundance of family obvious, the second is abundance of genus, abundance of species is lowest. Salticidae, Theridiidae and Araneidae are the element of dominance.2. The elements of spider fauna of Henan Province are composed of:112 Oriental relam species (29.09%),115 Palearctic realm species (29.87%),128 multi-realm species (33.25%) and 30 Henan endemic species (7.79%). In the zoogeographical regions of China, there are 54 distribution patterns. The proportion of multi-regions, central China region and north China region species are high all. This accord to the characteristic of transition, compatibility and many origin.3. Ancient elements both tropical and temperate originated from Gondwana fauna side by side presented.4. By analyzing the environmental factors and the distribution of spiders, also referring to the work done by previous reaserchers, the area of Henan is divided into eight regions:1) Tongbai-Dabie Mountainous region; 2) South of Huai River plain region; 3) Nanyang basin region; 4) South of Funiushan Mountainous region; 5) North of Funiushan Mountainous region; 6) Loessial hill region; 7) Taihang Mountainous and hill region; 8) East and north Henan plain region. The first four regions belong to the Oriental region and the last four regions to the Palaearctic region.5. The dividing line of Oriental region and Palaearctic region in Henan is discussed:from ridge of Funiushan Mountain, along the highest peak range and Huai River to the confines of province.