Forest spiders of South East Asia : : with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, and Trochanterriidae) / / by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold.

• VerfasserIn: Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Part One. General introduction Introduction 3 -- Objectives 4 -- Delimitation of the area concerned 5 -- History of classification 5 -- Spiders of South East Asian forests 6 -- Sac and ground spiders and their relationships 7 -- Relative proportion of sac and ground spiders within the total spider fauna 8 -- History 9 -- Spider taxonomy 10 -- Diversity 12 -- Morphology and behaviour 13 -- Spiders as allies 16 -- Enem ies of spiders 18 -- Camouflage 19 -- Indicator species ., 19 -- Introduced species 20 -- Zoogeographical conclusions 20 -- How to collect spiders 23 -- Distinguishing adult from juvenile spiders 25 -- Preserving collected spiders 25 -- Glossary 27 -- Key to families of araneomorph spiders in SE Asia 33 -- Part Two. Systematics Material 75 -- Main collecting sites collection Deeleman 75 -- Methods 79 -- Taxonomical remark 81 -- Abbreviations 83 -- Family Clubionidae 85 -- Subfamily Clubioninae 87 -- Subfamily Systariinae 201 -- Subfamily Eutichurinae 223 -- Family Corinnidae 255 -- Subfamily Corinninae 257 -- Subfamily Castianeirinae 297 -- Subfamily Trachelinae 369 -- Family Liocranidae 399 -- Subfamily Liocraninae s.l 401 -- Subfamily Phrurolithinae 407 -- Family Gnaphosidae 507 -- Family Prodidomidae 551 -- Family Trochanteriidae 565 -- Family Miturgidae 571 -- Acknowledgments 573 -- Arachnrological periodicals and Societies 575 -- References 577 -- Index 583.