Beschreibung:
With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe. Over half of the world's spider families live within the three contiguous Pacific Coast states-not surprising considering the wide variety of habitats, from mountain meadows and desert dunes to redwood forests and massive urban centers. This beautifully illustrated, accessible guide covers all of the families and many of the genera found along the Pacific Coast, including introduced species and common garden spiders. The author provides readers with tools for identifying many of the region's spiders to family, and when possible, genus and species. He discusses taxonomy, distribution, and natural history as well as what is known of the habits of the spiders, the characters of families, and references to taxonomic revisions of the pertinent genera. Full-color plates for each family bring to life the incredible diversity of this ancient arachnid order.
TextChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Theraphosidae Chapter 3. Nemesiidae Chapter 4. Antrodiaetidae Chapter 5. Cyrtaucheniidae Chapter 6. Ctenizidae Chapter 7. Dipluridae Chapter 8. Mecicobothriidae Chapter 9. Hypochilidae Chapter 10. Filistatidae Chapter 11. Segestriidae Chapter 12. Caponiidae Chapter 13. Oonopidae Chapter 14. Dysderidae Chapter 15. Trogloraptoridae Chapter 16. Scytodidae Chapter 17. Sicariidae Chapter 18. Diguetidae Chapter 19. Plectreuridae Chapter 20. Pholcidae Chapter 21. Leptonetidae Chapter 22. Telemidae Chapter 23. Mysmenidae Chapter 24. Anapidae Chapter 25. Uloboridae Chapter 26. Oecobiidae Chapter 27. Mimetidae Chapter 28. Nesticidae Chapter 29. Theridiidae Chapter 30. Araneidae Chapter 31. Tetragnathidae Chapter 32. Pimoidae Chapter 33. Linyphiidae Chapter 34. Anyphaenidae Chapter 35. Miturgidae Chapter 36. Clubionidae Chapter 37. Corinnidae Chapter 38. Liocranidae Chapter 39. Prodidomidae Chapter 40. Gnaphosidae Chapter 41. Salticidae Chapter 42. Thomisidae Chapter 43. Philodromidae Chapter 44. Selenopidae Chapter 45. Sparassidae Chapter 46. Homalonychidae Chapter 47. Zoridae Chapter 48. Dictynidae Chapter 49. Cybaeidae Chapter 50. Hahniidae Chapter 51. Zodariidae Chapter 52. Tengellidae Chapter 53. Pisauridae Chapter 54. Zoropsidae Chapter 55. Oxyopidae Chapter 56. Lycosidae Chapter 57. Agelenidae Chapter 58. Amaurobiidae Chapter 59. Titanoecidae Chapter 60. Desidae Chapter 60. Amphinectidae Glossary References PlatesPlate 1. TheraphosidaePlate 2. Nemesiidae, AntrodiaetidaePlate 3. Ctenizidae and CyrtaucheniidaePlate 4. Cyrtaucheniidae cont., Mecicobothriidae, DipluridaePlate 5. Hypochilidae, Filistatidae, SegestriidaePlate 6. Caponiidae and OonopidaePlate 7. Dysderidae, Scytodidae, Trogloraptoridae, SicariidaePlate 8. Plecturidae and DiguetidaePlate 9. Pholcidae (1 of 2)Plate 10. Pholcidae (2 of 2)Plate 11. Leptonetidae, Telemidae, Mysmenidae, AnapidaePlate 12. Uloboridae, OecobiidaePlate 13. Mimetidae, NesticidaePlate 14. Theridiidae (1 of 4)Plate 15. Theridiidae (2 of 4)Plate 16. Theridiidae (3 of 4)Plate 17. Theridiidae (4 of 4)Plate 18. Araneidae (1 of 5)Plate 19. Araneidae (2 of 5)Plate 20. Araneidae (3 of 5)Plate 21. Araneidae (4 of 5)Plate 23. Tetragnathidae (1 of 2)Plate 24. Tetragnathidae (2 of 2), PimoidaePlate 25. Linyphiidae (1 of 2)Plate 26. Linyphiidae (2 of 2)Plate 27. Anyphaenidae, Miturgidae, ClubionidaePlate 28. CorinnidaePlate 29. Liocranidae, Zoridae, ProdidomidaePlate 30. Gnaphosidae (1 of 3)Plate 31. Gnaphosidae (2 of 3)Plate 32. Gnaphosidae (3 of 3)Plate 33. Salticidae (1 of 5)Plate 34. Salticidae (2 of 5)Plate 35. Salticidae (3 of 5)Plate 36. Salticidae (4 of 5)Plate 37. Salticidae (5 of 5)Plate 38. Thomisidae (1 of 2)Plate 39. Thomisidae (2 of 2)Plate 40. PhilodromidaePlate 41. Selenopidae, Sparassidae, HomalonychidaePlate 42. DictynidaePlate 43. Hahniidae, CybaeidaePlate 44. Pisauridae, Tengellidae, ZoropsidaePlate 45. OxyopidaePlate 46. Lycosidae (1 of 2)Plate 47. Lycosidae (2 of 2)Plate 48. Agelenidae (1 of 2)Plate 49. Agelenidae (2 of 2), AmaurobiidaePlate 50. Desidae, Amphinectidae, Titanoecidae, Zodariidae