| The spider fauna of Scragh Bog, a quacking bog in Co Westmeath, Ireland, was investigated for the first time. The presence of 53 species could be established, two of which are new to Ireland (Carorita limnaea (Crosby & Bishop), Porrhomma oblitum (O.P.-Cambridge)), while 30 represent new county records [Philodromus aureolus (Clerck), Tibellus maritimus (Meigen), Misumena vatia (Clerck), Oxyptila trux (Blackwall), Neon reticulatus (Blackwall), Sitticus caricis (Westring), Pirata hygrophilus Thorell, Pirata piscatorius (Clerck), Antistea elegans (Blackwall), Ero cambridgei Kulczynski, Theridion instabile O.P.Cambridge, Metellina mengei (Blackwall), Aphileta misera (O.P.-Cambridge), Araeoncus crassiceps (Westring), Bathyphantes approximatus... |
