Voloshyn V. Determining factors of the synanthropic spider assemblages structure of the Carpathian region urboecosystems

The thesis deals with the analysis of the structure and dynamics of synanthropic spider assemblages inhabiting urboecosystems of the Carpathian region, taking into account biotope, zonal, temporal, trophoecological and microbiological aspects. The profound analysis of temperature as a factor that has a significant influence on the structure of synanthropic spider assemblages of the Carpathian region has been carried out. Thermopreferences of the synanthropic Pholcidae of Ukraine have been determined using the developed and tested device. In 2016, 36 species were collected and identified in the synanthropic spider assemblages of urboecosystems of the Carpathian region. Among them Carpathonesticus eriashvilii Marusik, 1987 and Aituaria pontica (Spassky, 1932) were not previously mentioned for the fauna of Ukraine. The male C. eriashvilii has been described for the first time on the basis of the material collected in the basement of an apartment building in the city of Chernivtsi.The following descending line has been obtained considering the species richness of synanthropic spider assemblages that inhabit three types of biotopes in all the regional centres of the Carpathian region: external walls stairways basements. The synecological parameters of the studied synanthropic spider assemblages, their dynamics and similarity have been analyzed using common ecological indices and hierarchical clustering.