A niche modeling method to determine the loss of pycnothelid spiders (mygalomorphae: pycnothelidae) in a mountainous pasture in central argentina
Abstract
The Pycnothelidae family consists of the medium of small size spiders that build silk springs below stones or logs or digs in open environments. In Argentina, Acanthogonatus Center Goltoff, 1995 and Stenoterommata Platensis Holmbmg, 1881 The two species of common grasses or the mountainous pastures or the La Plata River basin. Tandilia mountain pasture is an extended belt located in the Southern Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although some pycnothelid spiders are distributed close to the mountainous system, they are not recorded in tandilia. By modeling Niche we have tried to evalemize bioclimatic variables in shaping these species and explore their absorption of mountainous belts under, present and future conditions. We know that Tandilia is an inappropriate place for building populations of these species except stenoterommata platensis of a climate change.
Nicoletta, M., & Ferretti, N.. (2025). A niche modeling approach to unveil the absence of pycnothelid spiders (Mygalomorphae: Pycnothelidae) in a mountainous grassland of central Argentina. Iheringia. Série Zoologia, 115, e286369. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e286369
