Spiders of North America
An Identification Manual, Second Edition
$179.67
- Spiral
431 pages
- Release Date
16 July 2017
Summary
The 2nd edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to the spiders of North America, north of Mexico, provides completely updated keys and information about this important part of North American fauna. This is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in spider diversity or identification. This updated edition provides more than 1,400 illustrations and keys to the genera in 71 spider families. Over 600 genera are included. Taxonomic changes since the publication of the 1st edition in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780998014609 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0998014605 |
| Author: | Darrell Ubick, Pierre Paquin, Paula Cushing, Nadine Dupérré |
| Publisher: | American Arachnological Society |
| Imprint: | American Arachnological Society |
| Format: | Spiral |
| Number of Pages: | 431 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 16 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 1.24kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 211mm x 25mm |
About The Author
Darrell Ubick
Darrell Ubick is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences. He is a well-known spider taxonomist who has published on a variety of taxa. His recent research focus has been on spiders in the family Oonopidae.
Pierre Paquin is a well-known spider taxonomist with an expertise on cave fauna. He and illustrator, Nadine Dupérré, have published numerous articles and identification manuals focused on the spider fauna of Canada.
Paula Cushing is Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Her research focus is on the systematics and taxonomy of camel spiders in the arachnid order Solifugae. She has also published on spider-ant symbioses.
Nadine Dupérré is the Collections Manager for Arachnology at the Centrum für Naturkunde, Universität Hamburg - Zoological Museum in Hamburg, Germany. She is a well-known scientific illustrator who has been involved in numerous taxonomic revisions of spiders
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