The Spider Fauna of Gyeongju National Park, Korea

The authors has investigated spider fauna of Gyeongju National Park in Gyeongsangbuk-do of Korea from Apr. 2007 to Aug. 2007. The results are as follows: (1) In this report, 192 species of 105 genera belonging to 29 families of spiders have been collected at Gyeongju, National Park, Korea. (2) 178 (92.7%) species are newly added to the fauna of Gyeongju, National Park, Korea. (3) The spider fauna of Gyeongju National Park are composed of 32 northern species (16.7%), 6 southern species (3.1%), 4 Cosmopolitan species (2.1%), 19 Palaearctic temperate speies (9.9%) and 6 Korea endemic species (3.1%). (4) The predominant species of Gyeongju National Park area are known to Araneidae (16.1%), Salticidae (13.5%), Theridiidae (9.4%), Linyphiidae (8.9%), Thomisidae (7.8%) in number. (5) The dominant species of Gyeongju National Park area are showed as Achaearnea tepidariorum, Pholcus extumidus, Neriene nigripectoris, Pardosa astrigera, Pirata procurvus. (6) The common species to comparative with foreign countries are as follows: Gyeongju National Park / China 170 species (88.5%) Gyeongju National Park / Japan 168 species (87.5%) Gyeongju National Park / Russia 116 species (60.4%) Gyeongju National Park / Europe 29 species (15.1%) Gyeongju National Park / America 10 species (5.2%).