Spiders of Southern Africa. Index, by John Leroy and Astri Leroy

Spiders of Southern Africa. Index, by John Leroy and Astri Leroy

The guide Spiders of Southern Africa, written by John Leroy and Astri Leroy, gives a sharp insight into a complex, often mysterious and always fascinating world of arachnids. This is the index to this guide.

John Leroy  Astri Leroy  

Spider families of Southern Africa:

SCIENTIFIC NAME
Agelenidae
Amaurobiidae
Ammoxenidae
Anapidae
Anyphaenidae
Araneidae
Archaeidae
Atypidae
Barychelidae
Caponiidae
Clubionidae
Corinnidae
Ctenidae
Ctenizidae
Cyatholipidae
Cyrtaucheniidae
Deinopidae
Desidae
Dictynidae
Dipluridae
Drymusidae
Dysderidae
Eresidae
Filistatidae
Gallieniellidae
Gnaphosidae
Hahniidae
Hersiliidae
Idiopidae
Linyphiidae
Liocranidae
Lycosidae
Microstigmatidae
Migidae
Mimetidae
Miturgidae
Mysmenidae
Nemesiidae
Nesticidae
Oecobiidae
Oonopidae
Orsolobidae
Oxyopidae
Palpimanidae
Philodromidae
Pholcidae
Pisauridae
Prodidomidae
Salticidae
Scytodidae
Segestriidae
Selenopidae
Sicarjidae
Sparassidae
Symphytognathidae
Telemidae
Tetragnathidae
Theraphosidae
Theridiidae
Theridiosomatidae
Thomisidae
Trochanteriidae
Uloboridae
Zodariidae

COMMON NAME
funnel-web spiders
hackled mesh-web spiders
termite-eating spiders or sanddivers
ground orb-web spiders
seashore spiders
orb-web spiders
long-necked spiders
purse-web spiders
trapdoor baboon spiders
orange lungless spiders
sac spiders
ant-like sac spiders
tropical wolf or wandering spiders
cork-lid trapdoor spiders
tree sheet-web spiders
wafer-lid trapdoor spiders
net-casting and ogre-faced spiders
long-jawed intertidal spiders
mesh-web spiders
sheet-web mygalomorphs
false violin spiders
long-fanged six-eyed spiders
velvet spiders
crevice weavers
long-jawed ground spiders
flat-bellied ground or mouse spiders
comb-tailed spiders
long-spinnered bark spiders
spurred trapdoor spiders
dwarf or hammock-web spiders
spiny-legged sac spiders
wolf spiders
micromygalomorphs
tree trapdoor and banded-legged
trapdoor spiders
pirate spiders
sac spiders
spurred orb-web spiders
tube trapdoor and wishbone trapdoor spiders
cave cobweb spiders
dwarf round-headed spiders
or star-legged spiders
dwarf huntsman spiders
six-eyed ground spiders
lynx spiders
palp-footed spiders
small huntsman spiders
daddy longlegs spiders
nursery-web spiders
long-spinnered ground spiders
jumping spiders
spitting spiders
tube-web spiders
flatties or wall spiders
six-eyed sand spiders and violin spiders
large huntsman or
large wandering crab spiders
dwarf orb weavers
long-legged cave spiders
golden orb-web spiders, long-jawed orb-weavers and silver marsh spiders
baboon spiders
cobweb and comb-footed spiders
ray spiders
crab spiders
scorpion spiders
tangle-web spiders
burrowing spiders

Index: Spiders of Southern Africa. Index, by John Leroy and Astri Leroy

abdomen
Acari
Achaearanea globispira
aerial dispersal
Afrarchaea
Agelena consociata
Agelenidae
Allothele
Amaurobiidae
Amaurobioides
africanus
Amblypygi
Ammoxenus
amphalodes
anal tubercle
Anapistula caecula
anatomy
Ancylotrypa
Anyphaenidae
Anyphops
Arachnida
Arachnura
Araneae
Araneidae
Araneinae
Araneomorphae
araneomorphs
Araneus apricus
Araneus
Archaeidae
Argiope
aurocincta
australis
flavipalpis
trifasciata
Argiopinae
Argyrodes
Ariadna
Arthropoda
arthropods
Atrax robustus
Attercopus fimbriunguis
Atypidae
Avellopsis capensis
baboon spiders
common
goldenbrown
horned
lesser
starburst
ballooning
bark spiders
bauble spider
behaviour
bites
body parts
bolas spiders
Bominae
booklungs
Brachionopus
brain
buckspoor spiders
burrow African purse web spider
baboon spider
Galeosoma
Seothyra
trapdoor spiders
corklid
waferlid
wolf spider
tubeweb spider
wolf spider
burrowing spiders
burrows
button spiders
black
brown
false
false house
karoo
Rhodesian
Caerostris sexcuspidata
Calommata simoni
Camillina
cannibalism
capillary force
Capon/a
Caponiidae
captivity spiders in
carapace
Carparachne
centipedes
cephalothorax
Ceratogyrus
brachycephalus
cervical groove
Cheiracanthium
chelicerae
cheliceral teeth
chelicerata
Chilopoda
circulation
circulatory system
Citharischius
crawshayi
Cladomelea akermani
claw tufts
cobweb spiders
colonies spider
combfooted spiders
communities spider
community nest
spiders
copulation
copulatory organs
Corinnidae
courtship .
coxa
crab spiders
flat
flower
ground
cribellate spiders
cribellum
Crustaceans
Ctenidae
Ctenizidae
cuticle
cuticular pit
Cyclosa
Cydrela spinifrons
Cyrtarachninae
Cyrtaucheniidae
Cyrtophora c/tricola
Cyrtophorinae
daddy longlegs spiders
Deinopidae
Deinopis
Delena cancerides
Desidae
Desis formidabilis
dewdrop spiders
digestive system
digging spiders
Diores
Diploglena
capensis
Diplopoda
Dipluridae
Drymusa
Drymusidae
earth tiger
egg sacs black button
spider
Hippasa
Olorunia ocellata
Philodromus
Rothus
Jibellus
wolf spider
eggs
brown button
Rhodesian
Smeringopus
end feet
endite
entelegyne spider
epigastric fold
epigyne
Eresidae
Eresinae
Euprosthenops
Euprosthenopsis
vuattouxi
exoskeleton
eyes
fang bases
fangs
fear of spiders
featherlegged spiders
feeding habits
femur
fertilization
fishing spiders
flatties
flies spider
fossils
fovea
funnelweb spiders
African
Australian
grass
Galeosoma
Gandanameno
ganglia
garbageline spider
garden spiders blackandyellow
striped Gasteracantha
milvoides
sanguinolenta
versicolor
Gasteracanthinae
genital opening
Genolophus
Geo/ycosa
Gnaphosidae
Gorgyrella
grass spiders
longbodied
ground spiders
flatbellied
haemolymph
hairs
scopular
taste
hammockweb spiders
haplogyne spiders
Harpactira
namaquensis
Harpactirella
lightfooti
harvestmen
hearing
heart
hedgehog spiders
Heligmomerus
Hermippus
septemguttatus
hermit spiders
Hersilia
Hesiliidae
Hexathelidae
Hippasa
Homostola
horseshoe crabs
huntsman spider
Australian
huntsman spiders
grass
small
Hysterocrates
hercules
Idiopidae
Idiopinae
Iheringia
Ikuma
insects
intertidal spiders long
jawed
invertebrates
Isoxya tabulata
jumping spiders
dandy
kite spiders
yellowandblack
kleptoparasites
labium
Latrodectus
cinctus
geometricus
hasseiti
indistinctus
karrooensis
renivulvatus
rhodesiensis
legs
Leucauge
Leucauginae
Leucorchestris
life span of spiders
Linnaeus
Linyphiidae
liphistiid
Liphistiidae
Liphistiomorphae
longnecked spiders
Loxosceles
Loxoscelinae
lungless spiders
orange
Lycosa
Lycosidae
lynx spiders
green
lyriform organs
Lyssomaninae
male spiders
mandibulata
marsh spiders silver
mask spider African
mating
mating spur
Menneus came/us
Merastomata
Mesothelae
metatarsus
Miagrainmopes
M/cana
Microlinyphia
Migidae
millipedes
Mimetidae
Mimetus
mimics
mites
Miturgidae
Moggridgea
mortality spiderling
moths
moulting
mouse spiders
mouthparts
muscles
Mygalomorphae
mygalomorphs
micro
sheetweb
Myriapoda
Mysmenidae
naming
navigation
Nemesiidae
Nemoscolus
Neoscona
Nephila
madagascanensis
pilipes
senegalensis
bandedlegged
Nephilengys cruentata
Nephilinae
nervous system
netcasting spiders
camelbacked
humpbacked
ogrefaced
nurseryweb spiders
nurturing behaviour
ogrefaced spiders
olfactory organs
Ofros
Olorunia ocellata
Onychophora
Opiliones
orb weavers dwarf
orb webs modified
reduced
orbweb spiders
garden
golden
bandedlegged
blacklegged
redlegged
water
orbweb spiders {cont.)
water
longjawed
organs internal
Oxyopidae
palp
baboon spider
Pterinochilus
palpfooted spiders
palpal claw
palpal organ
Palpigradi
Palpimanidae
Palystes
Pararaneus
parasites
patella
Pauropoda
pedicel
pedipalps Portia
Peripatus
permit
pesticides
pet trade
Peucetia
pheromone sex
Philodromidae
Philodromus
Pholicidae
photography spider
Phrynarachne
pirate spiders
Pisaura mirabilis
Pisauridae
Platyoides
Platythomisus sibayius
Poecilomigas
Poecilotheria
Pollys furcifer
Portia
preserving spiders
Psammotermes
Pseudomicrommata
Pseudoscorpiones
Pterinochilus
purseweb spiders
African
Pycriacantha tribulus
Pygnogonida
rain spiders
Rastellus
receptors scent
vibration
redback spiders
Australian
regenerated limbs
reproduction
reproductive organs
respiratory system
retreats
Ricinulei
ricinuleids
roman spiders red
Rothus
roundheaded spiders
dwarf
Runcinia
sac spiders
Salticidae
sanddivers
sand spiders sixeyed
scopulae
scorpion spiders
scorpiontailed spider
scorpions
Scytodes
Scytodidae
sea spiders
seashore spiders
Segestria
Segestriidae
segmented spiders
Segregara
Selenopidae
seminal receptacle
Seothyra
sexual dimorphism
shedding of limbs
sheetweb mygalomorphs
sheetweb spiders
Sicariidae
Sicarius
sight
signalling
silk
glands
producing system
cribellate
singleline web spiders
slitsense organs
smell
Smeringopus
sociality among
spiders
Solifugae
solifugids
solitary spiders
soundproducing
mechanisms
spaceweb spiders
Sparassidae
specialists
sperm
web
spidereating spiders
spiderlings
jumping spider
nurseryweb
Thalassius
wolf
spiders
captive
dangerous
exotic

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This is the index to the book: Spiders of Southern Africa, by John Leroy and Astri Leroy. 

Title: Spiders of Southern Africa
Authors: John Leroy; Astri Leroy
Struik Publishers
Cape Town, South Africa 2003
ISBN 9781868729449
Softcover, 15x21 cm, 96 pages, many colour photos