Checklist of the arthropod fauna of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range (Almer?a and Granada, Spain)

This dataset contains the list of taxa of the arthropod fauna of Sierra Nevada Mountain range (Almer?a & Granada, Spain) presented in the form of a table adapted to the standard Darwin Core format. It includes the arthropod species and subspecies cited for the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, as well as their corresponding genera and families, with a total of 4296 records represented as 7 classes, 36 orders, 309 families, 2024 genera and 4287 species (of which 162 are endemic). Some species whose presence is not fully confirmed (68) have also been included. The main source we have used is the book Ruano et al. 2013, ?Los Insectos de Sierra Nevada. 200 a?os de historia". Moreover, we have completed the list with those taxa cited in the scientific literature after the publication of this book, or not included in it (see Bibliography section). We have checked all the taxa names with the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy tool and, when not found in this database, with the Iberian Fauna Data Bank (http://iberfauna.mncn.csic.es/). When it was impossible to find the taxa with the cited tools, we consulted the opinion of the corresponding Iberian group's specialist. In any case, the criteria of coherence, relevance and topicality have always been considered. Part of this material belongs to the scientific collections of the Zoology Department of the University of Granada and can be accessed at https://ccz.ugr.es/.