Balkan Biodiversity

Balkan Biodiversity

Author: Huw I. Griffiths

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-03-19

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1402028547

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This is the first attempt to synthesize current understanding of biodiversity in the great European hot spot. A diverse group of international researchers offers perspective on biodiversity at the level of the gene, species and ecosystem, including contributions on temporal change. Biological groups include plants, mammals, spiders and humans, cave-dwelling organisms, fish, aquatic invertebrates and algae.


Forest Spiders of South East Asia

Forest Spiders of South East Asia

Author: Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-08-04

Total Pages: 603

ISBN-13: 9004475583

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Forest Spiders of South East Asia offers the first comprehensive systematic account of all sac and ground spiders of South East Asia, which together constitute an estimated 12% of all spiders in the region. All ten subfamilies, 57 genera and numerous species of the region are defined, described, and illustrated. One new subfamily and a large number of new genera and species are described and named. Several hundreds additional, described and new, species are referred to. Distribution of all species covered in this volume is shown in 50 maps. More than a thousand line drawings and 16 colour photographs are used to illustrate the descriptions of the species, of which the great majority has never been illustrated before. The book provides a modern revision of all sac and ground spiders with clear illustrated diagnosis and descriptions of all known members of this group and many new species and genera. Identification of all 47 families occurring in the region is illustrated in beautiful and detailed drawings.


Identifying British Insects and Arachnids

Identifying British Insects and Arachnids

Author: Peter Charles Barnard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-04-15

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780521632416

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Essential guide to the specialist literature for the identification of British insects and arachnids.


Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World

Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World

Author: Mark S Harvey

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2003-06-04

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0643098747

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This authoritative catalogue will greatly assist readers in finding the correct taxonomic name for any given family, genus or species within each of the six arachnid orders treated. It contains a valuable summary of bibliographic information, enabling readers to access the worldwide literature for these smaller orders. The catalogue presents full bibliographic data on each of the taxa named thus far, treating over 1600 species. It contains the most current classification system for each group, some of which have not been catalogued on a world scale for over 70 years. A summary of taxonomic changes is included. This quality reference will be of immense value to arachnologists, systematists, taxonomists, ecologists and biodiversity professionals, especially those interested in tropical rainforest communities.


The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska

The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska

Author: Charles D. Dondale

Publisher: NRC Research Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780660188980

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Orb-weaving spiders spin the wheel-shaped webs often seen on dewy mornings in meadows and hedges, or on the walls and the eaves of buildings. This manual provides descriptions, illustrations, and taxonomic keys for the identification of the 94 species of these spiders represented in Canada and neighbouring regions.


The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level

The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level

Author: Mihael G. Rix

Publisher: PenSoft Publishers LTD

Published: 2010-02-22

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9546425311

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The Micropholcommatidae are a family of tiny, distinctive araneoid spiders, known from southern-temperate habitats throughout Australasia and Chile. The greatest abundance of individuals and the largest diversity of taxa occur in the cool-temperate rainforests of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand, where micropholcommatid spiders can be very common within moss and leaf litter microhabitats. Although poorly studied biologically and largely neglected taxonomically, the Micropholcommatidae are a diverse lineage, with a significantÿ The monograph in this volume presents a complete generic-level revision of the spider family Micropholcommatidae. The phylogenetic position and internal phylogeny of the family are tested with two separate morphological cladistic analyses, the results of which inform a comprehensive generic-level classification. In total, 26 new species, 12 new genera, one new tribe and two new subfamilies are described, taking the total documented micropholcommatid fauna to 58 species. The distribution and Gondwanan biogeography of the family are also discussed, and natural history information is provided where known. Most importantly, the results of this paper present a taxonomic framework and a phylogenetic foundation for all future research on the Micropholcommatidae; a template by which new species can be described and existing species can be identified, and a valuable dataset for exploring phylogenetic hypotheses.