Species inventory and morphological measurements of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) and ants (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae) collected in northern Ghana
In this data paper, we publish the baseline checklist and morphological measurements of spiders (Araneae) and ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) associated with forest savannahs and mango orchards located in northern Ghana. In total, we collected 64 species (28 unidentified morphospecies) of spiders and 64 species (24 unidentified morphospecies) of ants. Of these, almost all spider species and nine ant species were new records for Ghana, while many of the morphospecies could potentially be species new to science. In addition, we publish standardised morphological measurements of each species for potential functional diversity studies in the future.
Authors
- Luís C Crespo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5388-5661)
- Pasi Sihvonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2237-9325)
- Stéphanie Saussure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0872-026X)
- Veikko Yrjölä
- Francis Boafo Asamoah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5247-3051)
- Arttu Soukainen
- B. K. Badii
- Pedro Cardoso
Institutions
- Universidade dos Açores (PT)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- University of Energy and Natural Resources (GH)
- Natural Resources Institute Finland (FI)
- Sustainability Institute (ZA)
- Finnish Museum of Natural History (FI)
- University for Development Studies (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biodiversity Data Journal
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.14.e163267
- Primary Topic
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Helsingin Yliopisto