Introduction .................................................... 6
About this book ................................................. 8
Spiders and their allies ....................................... 11
Solifugae ................................................... 14
Pseudoscorpiones ............................................ 15
Scorpiones .................................................. 16
Opiliones ................................................... 17
Acari ....................................................... 18
Araneae ..................................................... 19
Survey of spiders .............................................. 25
Ctenizidae .................................................. 26
Dipluridae .................................................. 27
Nemesiidae .................................................. 28
Filistatidae ................................................ 29
Sicariidae .................................................. 30
Scytodidae .................................................. 31
Pholcidae ................................................... 32
Segestriidae ................................................ 36
Dysderidae .................................................. 37
Oonopidae ................................................... 38
Palpimanidae ................................................ 39
Eresidae .................................................... 40
Oecobiidae .................................................. 42
Hersiliidae ................................................. 44
Uloboridae .................................................. 46
Theridiidae ................................................. 47
Linyphiidae ................................................. 71
Tetragnathidae .............................................. 81
Mimetidae ................................................... 83
Araneidae ................................................... 85
Lycosidae .................................................. 100
Pisauridae ................................................. 111
Agelenidae ................................................. 113
Argyronetidae .............................................. 119
Cybaeidae .................................................. 120
Hahniidae .................................................. 121
Dictynidae ................................................. 124
Amaurobiidae ............................................... 129
Titanoecidae ............................................... 130
Oxyopidae .................................................. 132
Cheiracanthiidae ........................................... 133
Liocranidae ................................................ 134
Clubionidae ................................................ 135
Corinnidae ................................................. 137
Zodariidae ................................................. 138
Prodidomidae ............................................... 140
Gnaphosidae ................................................ 141
Zoridae .................................................... 154
Sparassidae ................................................ 155
Philodromidae .............................................. 157
Thomisidae ................................................. 162
Salticidae ................................................. 176
Glossary. ..................................................... 201
References .................................................... 202
Appendix: Checklist ........................................... 207
Index to Latin names .......................................... 228
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