Badumna longinqua (L. Koch 1867) is a medium-sized spider native from Australia. Due to its synanthropic habitat, this spider expanded their range distribution, reaching Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Uruguay and USA. We found specimens of this species in different localities from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Therefore, we report the first records of B. longinqua to Argentina, and discuss aspects of its distribution.Fil: Pompozzi, Gabriel Alejandro. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia. Laboratorio de Zoología de Invertebrados Ii; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Peralta, Luciano. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Artrópodos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Simó, Miguel. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ciencias; Urugua

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Badumna longinqua (L. Koch 1867) is a medium-sized spider native from Australia. Due to its synanthropic habitat, this spider expanded their range distribution, reaching Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Uruguay and USA. We found specimens of this species in different localities from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Therefore, we report the first records of B. longinqua to Argentina, and discuss aspects of its distribution

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The invasive spider Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Araneae: Desidae) in Argentina: new distributional records, with notes on its expansion and establishment

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Simo,Miguel

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Badumna longinqua (L. Koch 1867) is a medium-sized spider native from Australia. Due to its synanthropic habitat, this spider expanded their range distribution, reaching Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Uruguay and USA. We found specimens of this species in different localities from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Therefore, we report the first records of B. longinqua to Argentina, and discuss aspects of its distribution.</jats:p

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Luciano Peralta

Miguel Simó

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Journal of species lists and distributionChec List218Notes oN GeoGraphic DistributioNCheck List 9(3): 218–221, 2013© 2013 Check List and AuthorsISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br)The family Desidae has actually 181 species distributed in 38 genera (Platnick 2012). Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Desidae) is a native spider from Australia and was introduced into New Zealand, Japan, United States and in South America, where it was recorded only from Uruguay (Platnick 2012). Recently, it was found in Germany (Kielhorn and Rödel 2011). The introduced spider B. longinqua is a medium-sized cribellate spider and commonly known as “grey house spider” (Simó et al. 2011). Badumna’s web consists of a retreat with numerous sheets, radiating at various angles (Ubick 2005). This species can be easily found living in tree trunks, rock walls and also is very common inhabiting synanthropic habitats, such as window frames, wall crevices, inside or outside houses, and in urban parks (Simó et al. 2011). From Australia this species spreaded to other parts of the world by human activities mainly by inert phoresy on vehicles and merchandise, where they build their webs (Main 2001). In South America, the species was reported from southern urban localities of Uruguay (Costa 1993; Capocasale and Pereira 2003). In North America, the species was recorded in woodlands and agroecosystems in California and Oregon (United States) (Shorthouse 2010). Recently, Simó et al. (2011) published additional distributional and ecological data about B. longinqua in Uruguay. In this country, this species is associated with synanthropic areas and it is also very abundant in Eucalyptus forests (Simó et al. 2011). The Eucalyptus plantations recorded in Uruguay represents 16.5% of the projected surface to be forested in the future (Petraglia and Dell’Aqua 2006). This noticeable growth is due to an increased global interest on Eucalyptus for making pulpwood, oil, gum and wood chips for papermaking, home construction, chemical industry and energy production (Batish et al. 2008). The increase in Eucalyptus cultivation had a positive effect on the expansion of the distribution range of B. Abstract: Badumna longinqua (L. Koch 1867) is a medium-sized spider native from Australia. Due to its synanthropic habitat, this spider expanded their range distribution, reaching Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Uruguay and USA. We found specimens of this species in different localities from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Therefore, we report the first records of B. longinqua to Argentina, and discuss aspects of its distribution.1 Universidad Nacional Del Sur, Laboratorio de Zoología de Invertebrados II, Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, San Juan 670   (8000), Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2 Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Laboratorio de Artrópodos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires,   Argentina.3 Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias, Sección Entomología, Iguá 4225 (11400) Montevideo, Uruguay.* Corresponding author: E-mail: gabrielpompozzi@conicet.gov.arGabriel Pompozzi 1*, Luciano Peralta 2 and Miguel Simó 3The invasive spider Badumna longinqua (L. Koch, 1867) (Araneae: Desidae) in Argentina: New distributional records, with notes on its expansion and establishmentlonginqua in Uruguay (Simó et al. 2011). In Argentina, Eucalyptus trees are very abundant, whether on large plantations for industrial purposes, as well as urban forest parks (Braier 2004). However, until now there were no formal records of this species published for Argentina or another South American country (Platnick 2012). The aim of this work is to report for the first time the presence of B. longinqua in Argentina. As was indicated for other countries, we collected specimens by hand in Eucalyptus plantations and natural reserves forested with Eucalyptus, as well as in houses and other buildings in different urban localities from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Voucher specimens were deposited in the Laboratorio de Zoología de Invertebrados II (LZI), Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina and in the Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales “Lorenzo Scaglia” (MMPE), Mar del Plata, Argentina. We studied additional specimens from the arachnological collections of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina (MACN) and of the MMPE, Mar del Plata, Argentina. We made the distribution map using Global Mapper ver. 11.0. In total, we collected 24 specimens from 9 different localities of Buenos Aires Province, and studied 10 specimens which were deposited in the museums (Figure 1). All the spiders were collected in synanthropic environments, like gardens, front yards, walls of buildings and urban parks (Figure 2). The first collected specimen in Argentina we know about is from Mar del Plata and it was captured in 1998 (Table 1). The reasons for the successful expansion and establishment of particular spider species are usually unknown but it might be a combination of several factors, such as occurrence in buildings (synanthropy) and species specific traits (Nedved et al. 2011). Human activities are responsible for most of the range expansion of B. longinqua, including spread with goods on transportation 219Pompozzi et al. | Badumna longinqua (Araneae: Desidae) in ArgentinaFigure 1. Geographic distribution of B. longinqua at Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (black dots). Black cross indicates the absence of B. longinqua in Bahía Blanca city next to the southern known record of the species.Figure 2. Badumna longinqua, live habitus of female from Monte Hermoso (A) and web retreat in a bark in Laguna de los Padres, Mar del Plata (B).such as ships, trains and planes offering suitable warm habitats and availability of food. An affinity for building material has likely promoted the dispersal of several spider species in Europe, and probably in other countries around the world (Nedved et al. 2011). Kobelt and Nentwig (2008) argue that the geographic closeness and the high level of trade connections between different areas could be the main causes promoting the invasions of the spiders. Moreover, there are other records of exotic spiders in Argentina and Uruguay. For example, the introduction of Phoneutria species (Ctenidae) from Brazil by terrestrial transport (Simó 1984; Simó and Brescovit 2001). Also, Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli 1763) (Pholcidae) was introduced into Argentina from Europe (Laborda and Simó 2008). One more example could be Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz 1842) a successful invasive spider in South America that only inhabits anthropic areas been very common in most Argentinean cities (Ramírez and Grismado 2008). Badumna longinqua is an additional introduced spider species and also constitutes the first record of the family Desidae in Argentina. One attribute of B. longinqua as an invasive species is the good ability for human dispersion and its adaptation to different synanthropic habitats (Simó et al. 2011). Environmental conditions could limit the success of an invasive species and B. longinqua exhibits a great tolerance for varied climate, if the expansion of this species in different parts of the world is taken in account 220Pompozzi et al. | Badumna longinqua (Araneae: Desidae) in ArgentinaTable 1. Material examined of Badumna longinqua from ArgentinaLOCALITY NUMBER OF SPECIMENS DATE LOCATION OF SPECIMENSBuenos Aires city 3 juveniles 14 January 2003 MACN 21006Buenos Aires city 1 juvenile 10 December 2008 MACN 21007Buenos Aires city 1 juvenile 20 January 2009 MACN 21010Buenos Aires city 2 juveniles 7 January 1999 MACN 21011Buenos Aires Province, Avellaneda, Sarandí 1 female 30 September 2007 MACN 12870Buenos Aires Province, Mar Chiquita 1 female and 1 juvenile 04 March 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar de Ajó 1 female and 1 juvenile 10 March 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar de Cobo 1 female 04 March 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata 1 female April 1998 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata 1 female 14 September 2000 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata 1 juvenile 27 November 2011 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata, Laguna de los Padres 1 female and 2 juveniles 28 January 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata, 2 juveniles 17 February 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata, 1 juvenile 24 February 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata, 1 juvenile 26 February 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata, 3 juveniles 28 February 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Mar del Plata, 1 female 06 March 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Miramar 1 juvenile 05 February 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Monte Hermoso 1 female and 1 juvenile 20 February 2012 LZIBuenos Aires Province, Ranchos 1 female 10 January 2012 MMPEBuenos Aires Province, Tandil, Sierra del Tigre municipal reserve 1 female 22 February 2012 LZIBuenos Aires Province, Villa Gesell 1 female and 1 juvenile 12 March 2012 MMPE(Platnick 2012). Simó et al. (2011) also considered that temperate zones have more risk of invasion than tropical zones. These authors observed a niche and habitat competition between B. longinqua and the native spider species Metaltella simoni (Keyserling 1878) (Amphinectidae), which uses the same microhabitat. For this reason, more comprehensive studies are needed to elucidate how this invasive spider influences both native fauna and human populations. Our data suggest an effective trend of introduction along the Atlantic coast of Argentina with some records in localities far from the coast, for example a few kilometers, such as in Ranchos and Tandil localities (Figure 1). The most austral distributional record corresponds to the locality of Monte Hermoso (38°59’33”S, 61°15’55”W), but in the Southern and larger city of Bahía Blanca, only at a distance of 100 km from Monte Hermoso, no specimens or webs of B. longinqua were found. Monte Hermoso locality comprise an important tourist centre, and usually a large proportion of people from Bahía Blanca locality travel to Monte Hermoso on holidays or even at weekends. Though we can consider that actually a tradeoff between the two cities probably exists, increasing thus the probability of invasiveness of B. longinqua. However, we do not know why this spider has not yet expanded its distribution to Bahia Blanca. Maybe some climatic characteristics of this city are not adequate for the colonization by this species (for example, it is drier than the localities B. longinqua was found). Therefore, although preliminary, these data open many opportunities to study both beneficial and harmful effects that this introduced and invasive species may cause in Argentina or in other countries around the world.Acknowledgments: We thank Nelson Ferretti for many helpful comments on the manuscript. Thanks to Daniela Zaffignani and Georgina Zapperi to collect some specimens. Also, thanks to Armando Cicchino for allowing us to collect some specimens at their home and valuable advice. Thanks to Darío Porrini, Adela Castro, Carlos Peralta and Miryam Ripoll for providing mobility to the Laguna de los Padres, Mar de Cobo and Mar Chiquita. We also thanks Dr. Martín Ramírez, of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” for the loan of locality data of the material deposited in the museum and to Juan Luís Farina of the Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales “Lorenzo Scaglia” for allowing us to review the collection of this museum.  The senior author has a fellowship from CONICET.Literature CitedBatish, D.R., H.P. Singh, R.K. Kolhi and S. Kaur. 2008. Eucalyptus essential oil as a natural pesticide. Forest Ecological Management 256: 2166-2174.Braier, G. 2004. Tendencias y perspectivas del sector forestal al año 2020 Argentina. 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