FOR SALE : BOOKS
Herbert W. Levi & Lorna R. Levi
Herbert W. Levi & Lorna R. Levi
Spider Genera of North America
The third edition of "Spider genera of North America" by Vincent D. Roth [A guide to the literature and keys to families and genera, 1993] is available at $12 US ($10 for AAS members) if pre-paid (include check or money order made out to "American Arachnological Society" or send cash). If the order is by purchase order the cost is $15. The price includes postage and handling. (All the proceeds of sales of the book go directly to the AAS).
Orders should be sent to: Dr. Jon Reiskind, American Arachnological Society, Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Biology of Spiders, 2nd ed. (1996), by R.F. Foelix
Oxford Univ. Press and G. Thieme Verlag, 330 pages
ISBN 0-19-509594-4; price about $30 (paperback)
There is also a hard cover version (ISBN 0-19-509593-6)
The book is on the market since 1996 and can be ordered at any bookstore or through Oxford Univ. Press (NY/NY or Oxford/UK). The content is an updated version of the first edition (1982) and covers the literature up to 1995; there are many new illustrations (about 50 among a total of 216) and the literature list includes now well over 1000 references. It is claimed to be the "The only modern textbook available on the subject".
You can find some extra information and the table of contents at
The Sprawl
Catalogue, Bibliography, and Generic Revision of the Order Schizomida (Arachnida)
Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs Number 4, by J. R. Reddell and J. C. Cokendolpher
Price including postage: USA $15. Format 21.5 X 27.5 cm, soft cover, 170 pages, 90 figures
Send check or purchase order to: Texas Memorial Museum, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2400 Trinity, Austin, Texas 78705 U.S.A.
Riceland Spiders of South and Southeast Asia
A. T. Barrion and J. A. Litsinger, Entomology Division, International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
September 1995, 736 pages, Hardback, large format, 103 colour plates, ISBN 0 85198 967 5, US$ 225.00
For further details and ordering information contact: David Nicholson, Product Manager, Crop Protection & Plant Genetics, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. Telephone: (01491) 832111, Email: d.nicholson@cabi.org, Telex: 847964 (COMAGG G), Fax No.: (01491) 826090
The insect and spider collections of the world
Arnett, Ross H. 2nd ed. Gainesville, FL : Sandhill Crane Press, c1993. vi, 310p.; 24 cm.
Available from St. Lucie Press, by writing to: St. Lucie Press, 100 E. Linton Blvd., Suite 403B, Delray Beach, FL 33483, LC call number: QL468.2.A76 1993
The Phytoseiidae As Biological Control Agents of Pest Mites and Insects
A Bibliography [1960-1994], by Tuomas S. Kostiainen and Marjorie A. Hoy
This bibliography is intended to provide a comprehensive list of publications from 1960 to 1994 that deal with the family Phytoseiidae. To make this bibliographic list usable we have included several indices to help in locating publications on a specific topic, including a prey species index, effects of pesticides on phytoseiid index, species description index, general subject index, and author index. This bibliography should make valuable information available to everyone in a single, easily accessible volume. Hopefully, it will help researchers to conduct thorough literature reviews on their specific topics. The bibliography could also be used as a tool to identify important areas in phytoseiid research that have previously received minimal attention, and in this way help to direct new research to fill the gaps in our knowledge of the phytoseiids. The 359-page bibliography is being published by the University of Florida and becomes available in July 1996.
To obtain a free copy of this bibliography, contact: Marjorie Hoy, Department Of Entomology And Nematology, PO Box 110620, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-0620 USA. Fax: (904) 352-392-0190; e-mail: mahoy@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Jenny Tesar, 1993, 64 pages. 22 x 28.5 cm. Hardback. ISBN 1-56711-043-6. $16.95.
'Our Living World' series, Blackbirch Press Inc., Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA.
blkbirch@aol.com
J. Travé, H. M. André, G. Taberly and F. Bernini, viii+110 pages. ISBN 2-87257-002-0. Published jointly by AGAR Publishers and the Société internationale des Acarologues de Langue francaise (SIALF).
This introductory textbook, written in French, is richly illustrated with many SEM photographs, drawings by Grandjean and diagrams. The book begins with a chapter on techniques, followed by two main parts. The first part is devoted to morphology and classification and offers a digest of Grandjean's observations. The second part describes the biology, biogeography and ecology of oribatids.
This work is intended for experts in acarology and soil biologists, as well as students, teachers and researchers.
Price: BEF 580 (handl. & surface post. included) (US$ 20.00, North America only)
Address orders to your usual supplier, or to: AGAR Publishers, 39 Venelle du Bois de Saras, B-1300 Wavre, Belgium. E-mail: agar@infoboard.be
The Icelandic Institute of Natural History has published a report on Icelandic spiders in the publishing series of the institute (no 31. by Ingi Agnarsson pp. 175).
All species of Icelandic spiders are treated. Previously published material is summed up and new material added. A new checklist of Icelandic spiders is presented. Each species is treated individually in the species synopsis and available information on their distribution, habitat selection, time of maturity and status in Iceland is given. Identification pictures accompany the information of all indigenous species as a part of an identification key. Maps showing the distribution of records is given for most species and general maps showing how and where spiders have been collected in Iceland are presented.
The text is in Icelandic but with abstract, introduction and summary chapters in english, as well as english summary for each species. Identification keys are in english as well as in Icelandic. Most identification pictures are by Michael J. Roberts.
For information please contact the library palina@nattfs.is
Proceedings of the 16th European Colloquium of Arachnology 1996
The Proceedings of the 16th European Colloquium of Arachnology (at 20 US$) are available from Marek Zabka. To order ask : zabka@wsrp.siedlce.pl or by letter : Zaklad Zoologii WSRP, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland.
African spiders - an identification manual
A. Dippenaar-Schoeman and R. Jocqué
400 pages, 19x26 cm (hard cover), 797 line drawings, 42 black & white photographs, ISBN : 0-621-17544-7, Price : 70 USD (including surface mail), Published by : ARC - Plant Protection Research Institute, Republic of South Africa.
For orders email to Dr. Ansie Dippenaar
This is the most comprehensive manual to the identification of African spiders to date. Africa is richly endowed with 71 spider families, representing two-thirds of the world fauna. A key to the families was still sorely lacking and has been successfully addressed in this profusely illustrated new book which includes:
Ansie Dippenaar and Nico Dippenaar
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, SAR 25.00 - US$ 12,
NIPBKG@PLANT1.AGRIC.ZA
Mite pests and their predators on cultivated plants in Southern Africa
ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, SAR 80.00 - USD 36, NIPBKG@PLANT1.AGRIC.ZA
Guia para identificar Escorpiones de Venezuela
M.A. Gonzalez-Sponga
Cuadernos Lagoven, Caracas, 1996. ISBN - 980-259-6140
Para suscripcion y pedidos de esta obra contactar con la Fundacion de los Trabajadores de Lagoven, Mezzanina 1, Centro Commercial Los Chaguaramos, Apartado 1329, Caracas 1010-A, Venezuela
Telfs: 606.8218, 606.8221 Fax : 606 4208
Proceedings of the 15th European Colloquium of Arachnology 1994
Edited by Vlastimil Ruzicka
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceské Budèjovice, ISBN 80-901250-1-8 (1995)
This issue contains selected contributions presented at the 15th European Colloquium of Arachnology held at the Institute of Entomology in Ceské Budèjovice, Czech Republic, on 11-15 July 1994.
Proceedings of the XIIIth International Congress of Arachnology, Geneva, 3-8 September 1995
Edited by Volker Mahnert
722 p., ISBN 2-881139-002-1, 160 Swiss francs
Catalogue of the spiders of the territories of the former Soviet Union (Arachnida, Aranei)
Kirill G. Mikhailov
Archives of the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, ISSN 0134-8647. Vol.37. 1997.
ISBN 5-211-03784-7. 416 pp. in hardback. Tabs 4, Figs 2. In English. + Alphabetic index 32 pp.
A complete catalogue of the spiders of Russia and other former USSR territories is given for the first time. All literature data since the 18th century until August 1996 are compiled. Comparative calculations of the number of spider species in different physiographical areas and post-Soviet republics are provided (Chapter 1). A checklist of spiders (Chapter 2) comprises 2,694 species belonging to 473 genera and 49 families. Each species included is supplied with an attribution to both physiographical area(s) and republic(s). Necessary synonymies and valid subspecies are also enlisted, same as nomina dubia and nomina nuda. Correct spellings of most Latin generic and specific names is checked. A bibliographical index (Chapter 3) comprises over 1,900 citations. Regular rate is US $ 45 for surface mailing and US $ 50 for air mailing.
Requests should be addressed to: Dr. Kirill G. Mikhailov, Zoological Museum MGU, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str.6, Moscow 103009 Russia. Fax (+7-095)203-2717, Email : Kirill G. Mikhailov
Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals
Serguei L. Esyunin & Viktor E. Efimik
Moscow: KMK Scientific Press Ltd. 1996.
Editor Kirill G. Mikhailov. ISBN 5-87317-023-1. 229 p. In English and Russian.
Results of the study of the Ural spider fauna (1835-1995) are given in a new catalogue compiled by two arachnologists from the Perm State University. Literature and original data on the distribution of 780 spider species and subspecies from 28 families in the Urals, Cis-, Transuralia and S-Yamal Peninsula are provided. Basic check list contains data on synonymy, previous and new records, habitats and ranges of each species. Literature index includes 185 citations. Alphabetic index of all species names cited is provided.
Regular rate is US $ 30 for surface mailing and US $ 35 for air mailing.
Requests should be addressed to: Dr. Kirill G. Mikhailov, Zoological Museum MGU, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str.6, Moscow 103009 Russia. Fax (+7-095)203-2717, Email : Kirill G. Mikhailov
Faune de Madagascar. Scorpions (Chelicerata, Scorpiones)
fascicule 87 par Wilson R. Lourenço (1996)
Adresser toute correspondance concernant la "Faune de Madagascar" au Dr. R.-P. Dechambre, 45 rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
En vente à la Librairie SARL Renè Thomas, 28 rue des Fossès Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France. 200 FF.
The evolution of mating systems in insects and arachnids
J. C. Choe & B. J. Crespi
Cambridge Univ. Press, 450 p., 1997 (70£)
The evolution of social behaviour in insects and arachnids in insects and arachnids
J. C. Choe & B. J. Crespi
Cambridge Univ. Press, 541 p., 1997 (32,50£)
K. and R. Preston Mafham
Blandford, 192 p., 1997 (12,99£)
Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991
N. Platnick
Cost : 75 $ plus 5$ postage & packing
Payment must be made in US $ by cheque, drawn on a bank with US offices and should be sent to : New York Entomological Society, c/o Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.
The Biology of Camel-Spiders (Arachnida, Solifugae)
Fred Punzo (University of Tampa, FL, USA)
ISBN 0-7923-8155-6 May 1998 312 pp., Hardbound $135.00
The Biology of Camel-Spiders is the only work available that deals exclusively with Arachnida, Solifugae. Beginning with an introduction to Solifugae, this work covers folklore surrounding this group,
functional anatomy and physiology, life history, ecology, behavior, phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomy, as well as field techniques and laboratory rearing methods. Extensive coverage is also devoted to natural history, habitat preference, diet composition, dispersion patterns, mating and hunting behavior, and burrowing activities, as well as diel/seasonal patterns of activity. The book also discusses the biology of Solifugae in relation to other major groups of arachnids and points out the importance of solifuges to desert communities.
Contents: Preface. 1. An Introduction to the Solifugae. 2. Functional Anatomy and Physiology. 3. Neurobiology. 4. Life History Parameters. 5. Ecology. 6. Behavior. 7. Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Taxonomy. 8. Field Techniques and Laboratory Rearing Methods. References. Index.
For further information contact: Kim Wood, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061; phone (781) 871-6600; fax (781) 871-6528; e-mail:
kwood@wkap.com,
WWW: www.wkap.nl
Worldwide Bibliography of Scorpions, antiquity to nowadays
Gérard Dupré
Spiders of Tuva, South Siberia
Marusik Yu.M., Logunov D.V. & Koponen S.
This book comprises an annotated check list of the Tuvan spiders, including 614 species from 23 families. Detailed information about identification sources and distribution, both inside and outside Tuva, is given for each species. Ranges of most species are shown on maps. Biogeographical analysis (spatial & geographical distribution, species richness and species similarity with several Holarctic faunas) of the Tuvan spider fauna is performed. The taxonomic status of some species is discussed and some new synonymies are proposed.
Destinated for zoologists, mainly entomologists and arachnologists, as well as for biogeographists.
Editors: Yu.M. Marusik & D.J. Buckle
Regular price is US $ 30 for surface and US $ 32 for air mailing.
Please, send your orders to Dr. Seppo Koponen: e-mail:
sepkopo@utu.fi
Catalog of the Scorpions of the world (1758-1998)
Victor Fet, Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA, W. David Sissom, Department of Life, Earth, & Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas, USA, Graeme Lowe, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, & Matt E. Braunwalder, Arachnodata, Zurich, Switzerland.
This unique and timely publication is the first such Catalog to be produced in over 100 years. The last full survey of the taxonomy of the world fauna of the Order Scorpiones was by Karl Kraepelin in 1899 - Scorpiones und Pedipalpi. Das Tierreich. Herausgegeben von der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft. Berlin. Since then, the sheer number of known species and subspecies has increased more than fourfold, and the classification of scorpions has been greatly transformed at both the generic and familial levels. This new Catalog brings together under one cover an enormous amount of difficult-to-locate information on scorpion nomenclature, biogeography, distribution and phylogeny, published before and after Kraepelin's time. It is of special interest because of the unique status that scorpions currently enjoy as models for the study of evolutionary biology, ecology, toxicology, and physiology. The Catalog is much more than a checklist - it is an annotated, organized compendium of the status of the entire field of Scorpion Taxonomy at the beginning of the New Millenium, by authoritative and critical researchers working in the field. The authors have coordinated and collaborated extensively to make this a fully integrated work. The utility of the Catalog is enormously enhanced by the inclusion of much greater detail than other animal catalogs, including type data, tracing of full synonymies of all names, clarification or critical discussion of known nomenclatural problems, comprehensive cross index, and notes on biogeography and phylogeny.
The New York Entomological Society. April 2000. 690 pp. $60.00. ISBN 0-913-42424-2
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Catalogue of the jumping spiders of northern Asia (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae)
by D. V. Logunov & Y. M. Marusik
This is the first complete catalogue of the jumping spiders of northern Asia. It is based on both original data and published data dating from 1861 to October 2000 (altogether 314 sources included). Northern Asia is defined as the territories of Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern provinces of China, and both Korea and Japan (Hokkaido only). The catalogue lists 215 valid species belonging to 41 genera. The following data are supplied for each species: a range characteristic, all available records from northern Asia with approximate coordinates (mapped), all misidentifications and doubtful records (not mapped), habitat preferences, references to available biological data, taxonomic notes on species where necessary, references to lists of regional fauna and to catalogues of general importance.
This catalogue is intended for zoologists, mainly arachnologists, as well as for biogeographers, local biologists and naturalists.
An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia
by Frances and John Murphy
"An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia" covers all the genera of spiders and associated arachnids which have been recorded from south east Asia.
Roberto M. Capocasale (Uruguay)
ISBN 9974-39-186-5. 111 págs. Graphis Editorial. Uruguay. El término breviario es sinónimo de resumen. Este libro, escrito en español, resume la mayoría de los tópicos de la Araneología (el estudio de las arañas) en forma de resúmenes. Contiene: 44 fotografías en color y más de 70 figuras (esquemas, fotografías, etc.) en blanco y negro. 20 cuadros explicativos amplían o aclaran el texto general. 19 breves descripciones
permiten reconocer sin dificultad las especies de arañas más frecuentes en Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay, incluidas las peligrosas. Costo US$ 30 (incluido el envío). Contactar con Roberto M. Capocasale rmc@iibc.edu.uy. Dep. Zoología Experimental. IIBCE. 11600. Ave. Italia 3318. Montevideo. Uruguay.
In de herfst komen ze binnen - Zin en onzin over spinnen
Koen Van Keer (Belgium)
Over de rol van spinnen in mythen, legenden, volksvertellingen, urban legends en in dromen.
ISBN 90 5240 615 4. 144 Blz. Prijs Bef 550 / fl 29,90
Uitgeverij Houtekiet, Vrijheidstraat 33, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium
Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas
Heiko Bellmann
Fangs for the memories - The Search for
Tarantulas in Ecuador Carl Portman from Shropshire in England, has written a book about an expedition to Ecuador in search of tarantulas. He and his wife Su, went on the expedition to the rainforest in October 1997, along with twelve other people who were interested in entomology, in particular butterflies and beetles (UK) For more info email Carl
Portman Concise, atmospheric verses present each spider, revealing how, when, where, and why these fascinating creatures spin webs. Colorful, detailed illustrations depict each one with dazzling realism. A spider identification guide providing factual information is included, along with additional book and Internet resources. For kids between 4 and 8. Yvonne Winer (Australia) Contributions à la connaissance des Araignées (Araneae) d'Amérique du Nord La première partie: La Liste révisée des Araignées (Araneae) du Québec. La deuxième partie: Linyphiidae and Pimoidae of America North of Mexico: Checklist, Synonymy, and Literature. Association des entomologistes amateurs du Québec (Canada) Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae by Mark S Harvey. 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. April 2003 400 pp illust. Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING Hardback AU $220.00 ISBN: 0643068058 Spiders of Australia: Interactive Identification to Subfamily by R.J. Raven, B.C. Baehr & M.S. Harvey. Spiders of Australia is a comprehensive information package and identification tool for spiders, among the most numerous and abundant of all terrestrial organisms in Australia. The CD covers all families & subfamilies in Australia and New Guinea, and all but two families in New Zealand. The interactive keys allow fast, accurate identification of Australian spiders to the level of family, subfamily and, in some cases, genus. Using the latest web-integrated Lucid Player, an easy-to-use browser interface provides access to the rich store of information including distribution maps, subfamily notes, lists of species, and subfamily and family descriptions. Most subfamilies are illustrated with high quality photographs of live spiders while the rare or tiny are shown from photomicrographs. A brilliantly illustrated complete glossary of terms used in spider identification complements this package. Queensland Museum /Western Australian Museum. October 2002 colour illust Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING/Aust. Biological Resources Study CD-ROM AU $89.95 ISBN: 0643068708 Guide d'identification des Araignées du Québec by Pierre Paquin and Nadine Dupérré. An essential identification tool for all species of spiders of Quebec (620 recorded + 50 probable). General presentation on spiders and their biology; sections on morphology, collecting and preparation techniques for collection conservation; richly illustrated identification key to the 30 families of spiders known from Quebec; over 2700 original illustrations; diagnostic features of every species illustrated in comparative plates within each family; diagnostic features of all Linyphiidae illustrated. Association des entomologistes amateurs du Québec, a/s Claude Chantal ,02, Gabrielle-Roy, Varennes, Québec J3X 1L8, CANADA.
Publication: 1998. 303pp.
Contents: 9300 references on taxonomy, phylogeny, faunistics, biogeography, palaeontology, scorpionism, biochemistry, ethology, anatomy, general biology .....
Price: 250FF (international order in french francs).
Email: dupre@univ-paris12.fr
Magadan: IBPN DVO RAS, 2000.
ISBN 5-7442-1224-8. In English.
252 pages, with Ills. 21. Tbl. 7. Maps 218. Refs. 284.
14.6x20.6, paper covers.
Reviewed by T. Kronestedt
- Books will first be offered for sale during the 19th European Colloquium of Arachnology in Aarhus, Denmark (17-22 July 2000).
- A discount of US $ 2.5 for participants of the 19th European Colloquium who will order this book before 17 July 2000.
fax: +358 2 333 6590
Louis N. Sorkin, Entomology Section, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024-5192, phone: 212-769-5613, fax: 212-769-5277; email: nyes@amnh.org
Moscow: KMK Scientific Press Ltd. 2000.
ISBN 5-87317-081-9.
In English.
299 pages, with Ills. 16, Tab. 1, Maps 55, Refs. 314. 14.8x21.5, hardbacks.
Editor K.G. Mikhailov
Regular price is US $ 25 (exc postal expences).
email Dr. Dmitri V. Logunov: dmitri.v.logunov@man.ac.uk
To order contact: Henry Barlow, The Malaysian Nature Society, P.O. Box 10750, 50724 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Price: RM128 plus RM25 p&p. (Approximately £28)
email: natsoc@po.jaring.my
The text runs to over 600 pages, and includes a large number of extremely fine line drawings.
Home page of Roberto M. Capocasale
The role of spiders in myths, legends, tribal stories, urban legends and in dreams. At the moment only available in Dutch.
Uitgeverij Fontein, PB I, 3740 AA Baarn, The Netherlands
Informatie: info@houtekiet.com
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart
ISBN 3-440-09071-X
304 p., 1024 pictures.
