title: Dispatch from the field: ecology of ground-web-building spiders with description of a new species (Araneae, Symphytognathidae).
abstract: Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. (Araneae: Symphytognathidae) was discovered during a tropical ecology field course held at the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. A taxonomic description and accompanying ecological study were completed as course activities. To assess the ecology of this species, which belongs to the ground-web-building spider community, three habitat types were surveyed: riparian forest, recently inundated riverine forest, and oil palm plantation. Crassignathadanaugirangensis sp. n. is the most abundant ground-web-building spider species in riparian forest; it is rare or absent from the recently inundated forest and was not found in a nearby oil palm plantation. The availability of this taxonomic description may help facilitate the accumulation of data about this species and the role of inundated riverine forest in shaping invertebrate communities.
authors.affiliation: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands ; Plazi, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jeremy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands ; Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Menno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schilthuizen
authors.affiliation: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jennie Lilliendahl
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Burmester
authors.affiliation: Delft University, Delft, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lot
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van der Graaf
authors.affiliation: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Merckx
authors.affiliation: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, United States of America.
authors.forename: Merlijn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jocqué
authors.affiliation: Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Paul Joseph Antonius
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia and Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic ; Forest Ecology and Conservation Group, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Tom Maurice
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Fayle
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Thijmen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Breeschoten
authors.affiliation: Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Regi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Broeren
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roderick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouman
authors.affiliation: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Wan-Ji
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frida
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Feijen
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Tanita
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fermont
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands ; Delft University, Delft, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Groen
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Groen
authors.affiliation: Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kil
authors.affiliation: Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Henrica Allegonda
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: de Laat
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Michelangelo Sergio
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Moerland
authors.affiliation: Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moncoquet
authors.affiliation: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Panjang
authors.affiliation: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Amelia Joyce
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.affiliation: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roca-Eriksen
authors.affiliation: Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bastiaan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rooduijn
authors.affiliation: Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Santen
authors.affiliation: University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Violet
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Swakman
authors.affiliation: Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Meaghan N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Luke J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Kieran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Love
authors.affiliation: Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Sarah H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Joscelyne
authors.affiliation: Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Anya Victoria
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Tober
authors.affiliation: Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Hannah F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Laurentius N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Ambu
authors.affiliation: Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goossens
keywords: Borneo; Crassignatha; disturbance; inundation; oil palm plantation; riparian forest; riverine forest; tropical field course