Arachnofauna of the tropical dry forest in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Ecuador

A total of 1125 spider individuals were collected in this study, which provided a representative sample of the spider community present in the forest. Through detailed taxonomic analysis, 307 different morphospecies were identified. In addition, the presence of 67 genera and 37 different families of spiders was confirmed, highlighting the taxonomic diversity of these arachnids in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest. These results are fundamental to understand the structure and functioning of spider communities in the tropical dry forest and to promote their conservation.