Forest Spiders of South East Asia: With a Revision of the Sac and Ground Spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, and Trochanterriidae)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. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
History | 9 |
Spiders as allies | 16 |
How to collect spiders | 23 |
25 | 40 |
Part Two Systematics | 75 |
Taxonomical remark | 81 |
Family Corinnidae | 255 |
Family Liocranidae | 399 |
Family Gnaphosidae | 507 |
Family Prodidomidae | 551 |
Family Trochanteriidae | 565 |
Family Miturgidae | 571 |
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abdomen abdomen length anteriorly apical apophysis Barrion and Litsinger Borneo bursae C.L. Deeleman canopy Carapace Carapace length chelicerae clove oil Clubiona Clypeus colour conductor coxae cymbium dark Description Diagnosis Distribution Djojosudharmo dorsal scutum elongate embolus endites epigastric scutum epigyne Epigyne fig Etymology eye group width eye row female femora femur genera genus gland spigots head width height carapace holotype Indonesia insemination ducts Java Kinabalu lateral leaf litter Leg lengths Leg spination male palp male palpal margin Matidia Medmassa metatarsus MHNG mouthparts National Park Nusatidia Oedignatha pairs pale palp Palp figs paratypes patella posterior eyes procurved promargin rainforest retrolateral retromargin scutum secondary forest Sesieutes Simon sperm duct spermathecae Sphingius spiders spineless spinnerets sternum Sulawesi Sumatra Systaria teeth tegulum Thailand thoracic groove Thorell tibia tibial apophysis Total length transverse type locality Type material Type species Utivarachna ventral spines vulva vulva fig wide width eye group