Occurence of spiders (Araneae) and ants (Formicidae) collected from northern Ghanaian mango orchards and forest savannah

The dataset contains occurrence data of 36 species and 28 morphospecies of spiders (Araneae) and 40 species and 24 morphospecies of ants (Formicidae) collected from ten sampling points in northern Ghana during Oct-Nov 2022. The total sample size is 288 samples of spiders with 438 mature individuals and 782 samples of ants with 7859 individuals. Some trapping events have no linked occurrences. In these cases sample recovery was not possible due to environmental circumstances (e.g., flooding). One trapping event was successful but contained no ants or spiders and is indicated in the occurrence data by occurrenceStatus = "absent". The dataset contains collection information (locality, habitat, collecting method, time, coordinates, collectors, etc.) and sample information (collection code, count, sex, remarks, etc.). Data users should not attribute meaning to the names of the occurrence record identifiers used in this dataset. The identifiers used reflect an early iteration of the study design which is not relevant to the published data. This work was part of the project SustInAfrica and funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement 861924.