Jumping Spiders - References


Online
Jumping Spider Overview, Phylogeny & Taxonomy, North American Species - Tree of Life Project - Wayne Maddison*
Jumping Spider Anatomy - Tree of Life Project - Wayne Maddison
Macro Photographic Details of Chelicerae - Photos by Jay Barnes on BugGuide
Photographic Images of Adult Instars - Photos by Jay Barnes on BugGuide
Wayne Maddison Lab - Home page for Wayne Maddison Lab at the University of British Columbia
BugGuide - Order Araneae-Spiders - Basic Information on Spiders
BugGuide - Jumping Spiders - Basic Information on Salticids, Help with Identification, 100s of Online Images
The Canadian Arachnologist - includes The Nearctic Spider Database (images, maps, species lists, family descriptions and species descriptions)
Jumping Spiders of the World - Central Clearing House for Jumping Spider Projects World-wide - Maintained by Wayne Maddison and Jerzy Proszynski
The World of Jumping Spiders - The worldwide database of jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) - Maintained by Heiko Metzner
In Search of New Species - Spiders - Six YouTube videos - Wayne Maddison's delightful and informative overview of jumping spiders and his adventures in Papua New Guinea.
Representatives of the North American salticid fauna, revisited - G. B. Edwards' and David E. Hill's well illustrated overview of N.A. jumpers. Peckhamia 1(5): 110-117.
Austin Bug Collection - photographs and descriptions of common salticids in the Austin, TX area.

Books & Papers
Edwards, G.B. 2003. Revision of the Jumping Spiders of the Genus Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2003.
Kaston, B.J. 1981. Spiders of Connecticut. State Geological & Natural History Survey of Connecticut. Survey, Dept of Environ. Protection, State Office Bld, Hartford, CN 06115
Maddison, W.P. 1996. Pelegrina and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 154(4): 215-368.

Field Guides
Howell, W. Mike and Jenkins, Ronald L. 2004 Spiders of the Eastern United States - A Photographic Guide. Pearson Education, Inc.
Levi, Herbert W., Levi, Lorna R., and Nicholas Strekalovsky. 2001 Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press. St. Martin's Press
Weber, Larry. 2003 Spiders of the North Woods. Kollath-Stensaas Publishing

Organizations
The Peckham Society - An informal alliance of amateur and professional naturalists or scientists with an interest in research related to the biology of jumping spiders
The American Arachnological Society
Xerces Society

Other Resources
BioQuip Products

Maddison, Wayne. 1995. Salticidae. Jumping Spiders. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Salticidae/2677/1995.0120.01. in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/


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