TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whyte,Robert
AU  - Anderson,Greg
TI  - A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia
SN  - 9780643107083
AV  - QL458.4173 .W498 2017 
U1  - 595.44 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Collingwood
PB  - CSIRO Publishing
KW  - Spiders-Australia
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- From arachnophobia to arachnophilia -- How to use this book -- Determining species - everything helps, including genitals -- Australia's rich arachnological history -- Parts of a spider - the need-to-know terms -- Shortcuts to identification -- Behaviour -- Eyes -- Spinnerets -- Location -- Webs -- Burrows -- Egg sacs -- Leaf-curlers -- Spider families from A to Z -- Araneomorphae -- Araneidae Orb-weavers -- Araneinae Classic Orb-weavers -- Araneus - a huge task of discovery and classification -- Backobourkia - a true Aussie genus -- Cyclosa - a genus needing some serious attention -- New discoveries in the west, with some shared -- Argiopinae St Andrew's Cross Spiders and allies -- Cyrtarachninae Shiny Orb-weavers -- Cyrtophorinae Tent-web Orb-weavers -- Gasteracanthinae Spiny Orb-weavers -- Mastophorinae Bolas Spiders and allies -- Nephilinae Golden Orb-weavers -- Kleptoparasites - who's been stealing from my web? -- Zygiellinae Leaf-curling Orb-weavers -- Where did they come from and how did they get here? -- Arkyidae Ambush-hunters -- Variations galore - and they all look like poo -- A case of convergence - ambush-hunters among flowers -- Clubionidae Sac Spiders -- Corinnidae Swift Spiders and Ant Mimics -- Ticopa - a corinnid with an unusual biology -- Deinopidae Net-casting Spiders -- Desidae Intertidal and House Spiders -- Eutichuridae Slender Sac Spiders -- The problem of species, subspecies and forms -- Filistatidae Crevice Weavers -- Gnaphosidae Ground Spiders -- The gnaphosid genus Eilica - running with ants -- Hersiliidae Two-tailed Spiders -- Lamponidae White‐tailed Spiders -- Linyphiidae Money Spiders -- Lycosidae Wolf Spiders -- Mimetidae Pirate Spiders -- Miturgidae Prowling Spiders -- Nicodamidae Red-and-black Spiders -- Oxyopidae Lynx Spiders; Pholcidae Daddy Long-legs Spiders -- Pisauridae Fishing Spiders -- Prodidomidae Long-spinneret Speedsters -- Salticidae Jumping Spiders -- Jumping Spider diversity - so many species, so little time -- Is it an ant? Or is it an ant-mimicking Jumping Spider? -- Peacock Spiders - tiny dancers going viral as video stars -- When is a Maratus not a Maratus? This is the question. -- Ant, ant, on the wall, who mimics you best of all? -- Calling all citizen scientists for project Opisthoncus -- Extraordinary hunting strategies for a spider specialist -- Separating Servaea species - DNA helps paint the picture -- Scytodidae Spitting Spiders -- Segestriidae Tube-web Spiders -- Sparassidae Huntsman Spiders -- Tetragnathidae Long-jawed Spiders -- Theridiidae Comb-footed Spiders -- The Redback Spider - an Australian now living overseas -- Tiny forest jewels - spectacular Thwaitesia spiders -- Thomisidae Crab Spiders -- Notes on some recent name changes -- A remarkable find - the missing male of a famous female -- A spectacular ambush-hunter - Thomisus spectabilis -- Trochanteriidae Unusual Flatties -- Uloboridae Venomless Spiders -- Zodariidae Ant-eating Spiders -- Mygalomorphae -- Actinopodidae Mouse Spiders -- Barychelidae Brush-footed Trapdoor Spiders -- Ctenizidae Saddle-legged Trapdoor Spiders -- Dipluridae Curtain-web Spiders -- Hexathelidae Australian Funnelweb Spiders -- Idiopidae Spiny Trapdoor Spiders -- Migidae Tree Trapdoor Spiders -- Nemesiidae Wishbone Spiders -- An expert's eye view of a Wishbone Spider -- Theraphosidae Australian Tarantulas -- Little-known spider families -- Agelenidae Funnel Weavers -- Amaurobiidae Hackled-mesh Weavers -- Ammoxenidae Termite Hunters -- Anapidae Tiny Orb-weavers -- Anyphaenidae Seashore Spiders -- Archaeidae Assassin Spiders -- Austrochilidae Tasmanian Cave Spiders -- Cithaeronidae Cosmopolitan Spider Hunters; Cyatholipidae Tree Sheet-web Spiders -- Ctenidae Wandering Spiders -- Cycloctenidae Scuttling Spiders -- Dictynidae Mesh-web Spiders -- Dysderidae Woodlouse Hunters -- Gallieniellidae Long-jawed Ground Spiders -- Gradungulidae Long-claw Spiders -- Hahniidae Comb‐tailed Spiders -- Malkaridae Shield Spiders -- Liocranidae Spiny‐legged Sac Spiders -- Mysmenidae Minute Litter Spiders -- Nesticidae Cave Cobweb Spinners -- Ochyroceratidae Midget Ground Weavers -- Oecobiidae Midget House Spiders -- Oonopidae Goblin Spiders -- Orsolobidae Six-eyed Ground Spiders -- Physoglenidae Hair-spike Synotaxids -- Philodromidae Running Crab Spiders -- Periegopidae Wide-clawed Spiders -- Phrurolithidae Small Swift Spiders -- Psechridae Lace-sheet Weavers -- Selenopidae Flatties -- Sicariidae Recluse Spiders -- Symphytognathidae Dwarf Orb-weaving Spiders -- Stenochilidae Diamond-headed Spiders -- Stiphidiidae Platform Spiders -- Tetrablemmidae Armoured Spiders -- Theridiosomatidae Ray Spiders -- Toxopidae Southern Hunting Spiders -- Trachelidae Ground Sac Spiders -- Zoropsidae False Wolf Spiders -- Glossary -- Photo credits -- Readings -- Index -- Index of family common names -- Spiders - family tree
N2  - The most comprehensive account of Australian spiders ever published
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