The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae).
Most Neotropical spider specimens preserved in museums were collected by ornithologists, entomologists or amateur naturalists, who picked up spiders when their preferred organisms could not be found. Invariably such collectors bring back the biggest, showiest spiders. Only in recent years have arach...
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| author | Herbert W. Levi |
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| description | Most Neotropical spider specimens preserved in museums were
collected by ornithologists, entomologists or amateur naturalists,
who picked up spiders when their preferred organisms could not be
found. Invariably such collectors bring back the biggest, showiest
spiders. Only in recent years have arachnologists themselves collected,
concentrating on the less conspicuous but often more interesting
spiders that previously were overlooked. Tiny spiders
frequently show greater diversity in structure than larger ones, and
have more species in the Holarctic region. At present we know much
less about the minute Neotropical Araneidae than about the larger
species. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e33ada0c134c4c388a426f542fae93392025-02-03T07:25:29ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74381989-01-01961-2759910.1155/1989/65890The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae).Herbert W. Levi0Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge 02138, Mass., USAMost Neotropical spider specimens preserved in museums were collected by ornithologists, entomologists or amateur naturalists, who picked up spiders when their preferred organisms could not be found. Invariably such collectors bring back the biggest, showiest spiders. Only in recent years have arachnologists themselves collected, concentrating on the less conspicuous but often more interesting spiders that previously were overlooked. Tiny spiders frequently show greater diversity in structure than larger ones, and have more species in the Holarctic region. At present we know much less about the minute Neotropical Araneidae than about the larger species.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1989/65890 |
| spellingShingle | Herbert W. Levi The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). |
| title_full | The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). |
| title_fullStr | The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). |
| title_short | The Neotropical Orb-Weaver Genera Epeiroides, Bertrana and Amazonepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). |
| title_sort | neotropical orb weaver genera epeiroides bertrana and amazonepeira araneae araneidae |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1989/65890 |
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