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Any predatory silk-producing arachnid of the order Araneae, having four pairs of legs and a rounded unsegmented body consisting of abdomen and cephalothorax. (Source: CED)

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Birkhofer K, Scheu S, Henschel JR 2006. Does territorial behaviour in the desert-living spider Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence (Araneae: Sparassidae) affect its spatial distribution?. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13 (9) 341-346

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Does territorial behaviour in the desert_living spider Leucorchestris arenicola Lawrence affect its spatial distribution_2006.pdf	696.36 KB

Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2006. Tracking the Namib Desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola-reading the story in the sand (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 86 (2) 211-218

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Tracking the Namib Desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola_reading the story in the sand.pdf	1.28 MB

Henschel JR, Lubin YD, Schneider J 1995. Sexual competition in an inbreeding social spider, Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae: Eresidae). Insectes Sociaux 42 (4) 419-426

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Henschel JR 1995. Tool use by spiders: stone selection and placement by corolla spiders Ariadna (Segestriidae) of the Namib Desert. Ethology 101 (3) 187-199

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Tool use by spiders_stone selection and placement by corolla spiders Ariadna.pdf	376.27 KB

Rössl R, Henschel JR 1999. Ecology and diet of Psammoduon deserticola (Simon) (Araneae: Zodariidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11 (4) 155-157

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Ecology and diet of Psammoduon deserticola_1999.pdf	159.1 KB

Henschel JR 1991. A trap to capture burrowing arachnids. Journal of Arachnology 19 150-152

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A trap to capture burrowing arachnids_1991.pdf	118.6 KB

Henschel JR 1990. Spiders wheel to escape. South Africa Journal of Science 86 (3) 151-152

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Spiders wheel to escape.pdf	168.79 KB

Norgaard T, Nilsson D-E, Henschel JR, Garm A, Wehner R 2008. Vision in the nocturnal wandering spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae: Sparassidae). The Journal of Experimental Biology 211 816-823

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Vision in the nocturnal wandering spider Leucorchestris arenicola.pdf	703.72 KB

Henschel JR 1990. The biology of Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae: Heteropodidae), a burrowing spider of the Namib dunes. Namib Ecology, 25 Years Of Namib Research 7 115-127

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The biology of Leucorchestris arenicola.pdf	637.31 KB

Prendini L 2000. A new species of Parabuthus Pocock (Scorpiones: Buthidae), and new records of Parabuthus capensis (Ehrenberg), from Namibia and South Africa. Cimbebasia 16 31-45

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Bird TL, Wharton RA, Prendini L 2015. Cheliceral morphology in Solifugae (Arachnida): primary homology, terminology, and character survey. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 394 1-355

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Bird T 1_2015.pdf	667.12 KB

Website link:http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/6592

Costa G, Petralia A, Conti E, Hänel C, Seely MK 1993. Seven stone spiders on the gravel plains of the Namib Desert. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania 26 77-83

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Seven stone spiders on the gravel plains of the Namib Desert.pdf	343.37 KB

Henschel JR, Seely MK, Mtuleni V, Pallett J 2003. The surface-dwelling arthropod fauna of Gobabeb with a description of the long-term pitfall trapping project. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 51 65-92

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The surface_dwelling arthropod fauna of Gobabeb with a description.pdf	6.26 MB

Piffl E 1965. Microcaeculus namibensis nov. spec. Ein Vertreter der Caeculiden (Arachnoidea, Acarina) aus der Namibwüste Südwestafrikas. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 28 1-12

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Microcaeculus namibensis.pdf	1.28 MB

Lawrence RF 1967. Additions to the fauna of South West Africa: solifuges, scorpions and pedipalpi. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 34 1-19

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Additions to the fauna of South West Africa_ solifuges_scorpions and pedipalpi_1967.pdf	2.15 MB

Lawrence RF 1962. Solifuges, scorpions and Chilopoda of the Namib Desert. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 10 213-222

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Solifuges_scorpions and Chilopoda of the Namib Desert.pdf	1.37 MB

Platnick NI, Murphy JA 1987. Studies on Malagasy spiders. 3, The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina. American Museum Novitates 2874

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Studies on Malagasy spiders.pdf	5.3 MB

Jocqué R 1991. A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 201

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A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae_1991.pdf	29.49 MB

Platnick NI, Bird T 2007. On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae (Araneae, Prodidomidae). American Museum Novitates 3552

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On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae.pdf	830.83 KB

Platnick NI, Griffin E 1990. On Rastellus, a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 2995 1-11

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On Rastellus_a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae.pdf	3.04 MB

Day JA 1990. Environmental correlates of aquatic faunal distribution in the Namib Desert. Transvaal Museum Monographs 7 99-107

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Environmental correlates of aquatic faunal distribution in the Namib Desert.pdf	4.44 MB

Lawrence RF 1965. New and little known Arachnida from the Namib Desert, S.W. Africa. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 27 1-12

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New and little known Arachnida from the Namib Desert.pdf	1.7 MB

Lawrence RF 1962. Spiders of the Namib Desert. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24 (2-3) 197-211

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Spiders of the Namib Desert.pdf	768.53 KB

Lawrence RF 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August, 1937. Spiders. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19 (2) 215-226

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Transvaal Museum Expedition to South_West Africa and Little Namaqualand_Spiders.pdf	623.55 KB

Griffin E 1990. Seasonal activity, habitat selection and species richness of Solifugae (Arachnida) on the gravel plains of the central Namib Desert. A review of taxonomy and ecology of gerbilline rodents of the central Namib Desert, with keys to the species (Rodentia: Muridae). Transvaal Museum Monographs 7 (3) 77-82

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Seasonal activity_habitat selection and species richness of Solifugae_Griffin_E.pdf	677.78 KB

Wharton RA 1980. Insects and arachnids associated with Zygophyllum simplex (Zygophyllaceae) in the central Namib Desert. Madoqua 12 (3) 131-139

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Insects and arachnids associated with Zygophyllum simplex.pdf	653.67 KB

Johannesen J, Henning A, Dommermuth B, Schneider JM 2002. Mitochondrial DNA distributions indicate colony propagation by single matri-lineages in the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola (Eresidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76 (4) 591-600

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00082.x/abstract

Lubin Y, Henschel JR, Baker MB 2001. Costs of aggregation: shadow competition in a sit-and-wait predator. Oikos 95 (1) 59-68

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950107.x/abstract

Henschel JR 1994. Diet and foraging behaviour of huntsman spiders in the Namib dunes (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Journal of Zoology 234 (2) 239-251

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb06072.x/abstract

Henschel JR 1995. Tool Use by Spiders: Stone Selection and Placement by Corolla Spiders Ariadna (Segestriidae) of the Namib Desert. Ethology 101 (3) 187-199

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1995.tb00357.x/abstract

Prendini L, Weygold P, Wheeler WC 2005. Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 5 (3) 203-236

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609205000425

Costa G, Petralia A, Conti E, Hänel C 1995. A 'mathematical' spider living on gravel plains of the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 29 (4) 485-494

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196395800204

Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2007. Use of local cues in the night-time navigation of the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola (Araneae, Sparassidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193 (2) 217-222

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-006-0178-6

Birkhofer K, Henschel J, Lubin Y 2012. Effects of extreme climatic events on small-scale spatial patterns: a 20-year study of the distribution of a desert spider. Oecologia 170 (3) 651-657

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-012-2342-8

Nørgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2003. Long-distance navigation in the wandering desert spider Leucorchestris arenicola: can the slope of the dune surface provide a compass cue?. Journal of Comparative Psychology A 189 (11) 801-809

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-003-0455-6

Turner JS, Henschel JR, Lubin YD 1993. Thermal constraints on prey-capture behavior of a burrowing spider in a hot environment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33 (1) 35-43

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00164344

Lubin Y, Henschel J 1996. The influence of food supply on foraging behaviour in a desert Spider. Oecologia 105 (1) 64-73

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00328792

Lubyin YD, Henschel JR 1990. Foraging at the thermal limit: burrowing spiders (Seothyra, Eresidae) in the Namib desert dunes. Oecologia 84 (4) 461-467

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00328161

Norgaard T, Henschel JR, Wehner R 2006. The night-time temporal window of locomotor activity in the Namib Desert long-distance wandering spider, Leucorchestris arenicola. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 192 (4) 365-372

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-005-0072-7

Pickford M 2000. Fossil spider's webs from the Namib Desert and the antiquity of Seothyra (Araneae, Eresidae). Annales de Paléontologie 86 (3) 147-155

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753396900800051

Methune PA 1913. The Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to Great Namaqualand, 1912-1913. Annals of the Transvaal Museum IV (3) 113-115

Website link:http://content.ajarchive.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/00411752&CISOPTR=854&REC=3

The International Society of Arachnology (ISA).

Website link:http://www.arachnology.org/

Arachnology - The study of arachnids. Arachnological Collections and Lists of Entomological Institutions, Societies and Resources.

Website link:http://www.arachnology.org/Arachnology/Pages/A_collec.html

Pickford M 2000. Fossil spider's webs from the Namib Desert and the antiquity of Seothyra (Araneae, Eresidae). Annales de Paléontologie 86 (3) 147-155

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0753-3969(00)80005-1

Wesolowska W 2006. Jumping spiders from the Brandberg massif in Namibia (Araneae: Salticidae). African Entomology 14 (2) 225-256

Website link:http://journals.co.za/content/ento/14/2/EJC32698

Wharton RA, Reddick GA 2014. Solifuges (Arachnida: Solifugae) as predators and prey. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 69 (3) 213-216

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0035919X.2014.961045

Henschel JR, Lubin YD 1997. A test of habitat selection at two spatial scales in a Sitand-Wait Predator: A web spider in the Namib Desert dunes. Journal of Animal Ecology 66 (3) 401-413

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/5985

Lubin Y, Henschel J 1996. The influence of food supply on foraging behaviour in a desert spider. Oecologia 105 (1) 64-73

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00328792

Lawrence RF 1963. The solifugae of South West Africa.

Website link:http://archives.unam.edu.na/index.php/lawrence-r-f-solifugae-of-south-west-africa-windhoek-state-museum-1963

Lawrence RF 1966. New dune spiders (Sparassidae) from the Namib Desert, South West Africa. Cimbebasia 17 3-15

Website link:http://archives.unam.edu.na/index.php/lawrence-r-f-new-dune-spiders-sparassidae-from-namib-desert-wouth-west-africa-r-f-lawrence-windhoek-administration-1966