There were few reports of the ecological research on soil spider community in the forests. In early 1994, 265 spider specimens were collected in soil organic matter layer of eight habitats in Jiuhua Mountains. They belonged to 67 genera(species), 18 families. The average density was 6.6 individuals/m 2. There was great difference in the ingredient and dominant genera of spider community among each habitat. The ingredient varied significantly in the five neighboring samples of the same forest type. The comp...