The checklist of spiders in tea plantations of China

Spiders are the most dominant predatory natural enemies of insect pests in
the tea plantation ecosystem. There has been a large amount of literature
published about the investigation of spider species in Chinese tea
plantations from 1982 to 2020. Here, the spider species in Chinese tea
plantations has been summarised and the dominant spider species in each
regional tea plantation recorded. To date, there were 535 spider
species from 40 families reported in Chinese tea plantations, with a total
of 13 families and 245 species now being added. A total of 89
spider species from 19 families were the dominant species, amongst
them, Agelena labyrinthica, Allagelena
difficilis, Neoscona theisi, Clubiona
deletrix, Clubiona japonicola, Hylyphantes
graminicola, Pardosa laura, Oxyopes
sertatus, Evarcha albaria, Plexippus
paykulli, Coleosoma octomaculatum, Ebrechtella
tricuspidata and Xysticus ephippiatus were
recorded in many tea plantations. The checklist will provide
important data for the biodiversity and distribution of spiders in tea
plantations of China.