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Spiders of North America
An Identification Manual
Paula Cushing
Darrell Ubick
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Price: $65.00
384 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9771439-0-0
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Summary
This beautifully illustrated guide to the spiders of North America, north of Mexico, provides over 1400 illustrations and keys to the genera in 68 spider families. Over 550 genera are included. The manual contains 72 chapters and a wealth of information including an introduction to spider morphology, natural history, collecting techniques and preservation methods; an overview of the current status and most recent developments in spider evolutionary history; a key to the 68 families of spiders found in North America, north of Mexico; keys to the genera in each of these 68 families; an etymological dictionary explaining the derivation of the names of spider genera and families; and a well illustrated glossary.
About the Author
The editors of this manual, Darrell Ubick, Pierre Paquin, Paula E. Cushing and Vince Roth, are all well known arachnologists. Over 30 other equally well known arachnologists from the U.S., Europe, and South America, are chapter authors.
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