Correlation of Habitat and Spider Families in the

Tungtong River

Presented by: Latinne Bandaay

Hero Kim
Arbie Salunat
Ulrich Torres
Tungtong River
Tungtong River
● Creek
● Located in and around Beverly Hills Subd
● 15 km, connected to Pasig River via Manggahan floodway
● TRCP
● 12 years of study
Spiders - Anatomy

● Unsegmented body

● Eight-legged

● Exoskeleton

● Fused head and thorax

-(Cephalothorax)

● Rounded abdomen

● Almost all are Venomous

Fig. 7 Anatomy of a spider. Their body parts are divided
● Spins webs into two.
 Spiders
● Taxonomic tree (Clerck 1757)
○ Kingdom Animalia
○ Phylum Arthropoda Mike 2010
Fig.2 Picture of Missulena bradleyi. It
○ Subphylum Chelicerata belongs to the Infraorder
Olesen 2013
○ Class Arachnida Mygalomorphae. They have forward
Fig.1 Picture of Liphistis kanthan and backward moving fangs like
It is part of mesothelae and they Mesothelae
○ Order Araneae (Spider) cannot be found in the Philippines

● Three Major Types of Spiders

○ Suborder Mesothelae
○ Suborder Opisthothelae Fig.3 Picture of Argiope luzona
It is part of Araneomorphae. They
■ Infraorder Mygalomorphae are endemic to Philippines.
Araneomorphae is the biggest
■ Infraorder Araneomorphae
group among the three. It
contains 94% of spider species. Walcknear 1841
Spiders (Schowalter 1995, Ferrier et al. 2004)

● Main predator in Terrestrial environment

● Spiders are excellent bio indicators

● Controls insect population

○ Prevents diseases
○ Protects crops

● Biological control agent

Fig.8 Jumping spider feeding on fruit fly
Objectives

● To assess the relative abundance of spiders in Tungtong

river

● Characterize and define the structure and composition of

the sampled plots.

● Compare the spider families with the different plots

Significance
● Spiders are excellent bio-indicators.

● Our study will be a contribution to the baseline study of spider

diversity in Tungtong river.

● It will help lead to better conservation and preservation of

spider diversity in Tungtong river
Methodology

Mark 10x10m plots

(distance of 50m) Collect samples for
along the 30 mins (6-8PM)
Tungtong River

Place the spiders in

Submerge the individual vials or
spiders in 70% ethyl plastic containers
alcohol (for larger spiders)
Methodology

Identify the spiders Make a list of the spider

using spider eye species, and make a
arrangements species sample curve

● Litter Cover
Compile and analyze ● Litter Depth
Characterize
● Canopy Cover the
the data using the ● % structure
Water and
Multi -Variate Statistical ● % Rock of the plots
composition
Package application ● % Barren Land
● Plant Form
Results & Analysis
Results & Analysis - Relative Abundance
Results & Analysis

Plot Characteristics
Results & Analysis
 Results & Analysis
Legend Da - Spider Family
a

Sicariidae
Da - Plot 3

Linyphiidae

Zoropsidae
1 Thomisidae
Tetragnathidae Salticidae 5
Araneidae
6
Sparassidae Pisauridae
2 4
7 Pholcidae
Lycosidae
Scytodidae Ctenidae
Theraphosidae

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 LEGEND Form - Plant Forms
Results & Analysis Rock - Rock % LC - Leaf Litter %
Water - Water % CC - Canopy Cover
Soil - Barren Land % LD - Litter Depth
Legend Da - Spider Family
a

Da - Plot 3 Sicariidae

Linyphiidae

Zoropsidae
1 Thomisidae
Tetragnathidae Araneidae Salticidae 5
6
Sparassidae Pisauridae
2 4 Pholcidae
Lycosidae 7
Scytodidae Ctenidae
Theraphosidae

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Recommendations

● More plots & more habitat characters

● Better equipment

● Identify to species level

● Conduct sampling during the wet season

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Methodology

Mark 10x10m plots Place the spiders in

Submerge the
(distance of 50m) Collect samples for individual vials or
spiders in 70% ethyl
along the Tungtong 30 mins (6-8PM) plastic containers (for
alcohol
River larger spiders)

● Litter Cover
Compile and analyze ● Make
Litter
Characterize the a Depth
list of the
the data using the ● Canopy Cover Identify the spiders
structure and spider species, and
Multi -Variate ● % Water using spider eye
composition of the make a species
● % Rock
Statistical Package arrangements
plots ● sample
% Plantcurve
Form
application
● % Barren Land