A survey of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska; combining morphological and DNA barcode identification techniques

Authors

Jozef Slowik, Craig, Alaska, USAFollow
Gergin A. Blagoev, University of Guelph

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

10-26-2012

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0251: 1-12

Comments

Published in 2012 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Copyright (c) 2012 Jozef Slowik and Gergin A. Blagoev. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Abstract

Surveys during the summer of 2004 and August 2009 on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA resulted in collection of 1064 adult spiders representing 84 species. Barcoding of spiders collected in 2009 resulted in DNA barcode data for 212 specimens representing 63 species. DNA barcode data were then used to facilitate the identification of otherwise unidentifiable juvenile and female specimens as well as to investigate phylogenetically four lineages with large branch lengths between specimens. Using morphological and DNA barcode identifications provided a more complete list of identified specimens than was possible using morphological data alone.