Xieti Spiders

50 species, 15 families and 205 photographs

The Reserva Natural Xieti is a private natural reserve located at shore of Lake Tota, Tota munipality, Province of Sugamuxi, central-eastern Boyacá, Colombia, approximately 3015 masl. The reserve has a portion of native high-Andean forest near to shore of lake and other patches of introduced pine (Pinaceae: Pinus spp) and eucalypts (Myrtaceae: Eucalyptus spp). It is configured as one of the few natural reserves in the region associated with Lake Tota in the middle of an extensive onion agricultural production area.

The "Spiders of the Xieti Natural Reserve" is configured as a sub-project of the macro-project "Spiders of the Sugamuxi Province".

Aknowledgements.

To my family, Esperanza Jiménez, William Galvis Peñuela and bros David, Sebastián and Francisco Galvis, who have made this project and many other projects of the Iniciativa Arañas Tropicales - ArachnoTrAC possible, financially and technologically. To Felipe Velasco (Reserva Natural Xieti, Fundación Montecito) and Orane Amant (LEGTPA de Macouira, Lycée Agricole de Matiti) for their help-in-field and invitation to the nature reserve and their spider project. To Esperanza Jiménez and Lina Jiménez Torres for their help during the field trip and lab times. To Leonel Martínez (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales) and Carlos Perafán for their help in the determination of several species here referenced.

Citation. Galvis, W. (2024). Arañas de la Reserva Natural Xieti, Lago de Tota (Boyacá, Colombia). Catálogo N°3, Serie de Catálogos Locales, Arañas de Colombia. Iniciativa Arañas Tropicales - ArachnoTrAC. Disponible en: sites.google.com/view/arachnotrac/spiders-of-colombia/local-catalogs/andean-region/xieti-spiders