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Amazing arachnids /
A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnids The American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing. Amazing Arachnids...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introducing the arachnids
- 2. Scorpions: Scorpiones
- 3. Pseudoscorpions: Pseudoscorpiones
- 4. Vinegaroons: Thelyphonida (Uropygi)
- 5. Short-tailed whipscorpions: Schizomida
- 6. Tailless whipscorpions: Amblypygi
- 7. Microwhipscorpions: Palpigradi
- 8. Harvestmen: Opiliones
- 9. Wind spiders: Solifugae
- 10. Ticks and other mites: Parasitiformes and Acariformes
- 11. Spiders: Araneae, the eight-legged puzzle
- 12. Tarantulas, trapdoor spiders, and their kin: mygalomorphs
- 13. Orb weavers: Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, and Uloboridae
- 14. Irregular web builders: Theridiidae, Nesticidae, Leptonetidae, Diguetidae, Dictynidae, and Pholcidae
- 15. Crevice weavers, ground weavers and sheet web builders: Sicariidae, Filistatidae, Plectreuridae, Zoropsidae, Titanoecidae, Amaurobiidae, Oecobiidae, Linyphiidae, and Agelenidae
- 16. Jumping spiders: Salticidae
- 17. Lynx spiders: Oxyopidae
- 18. Crab spiders: Thomisidae, Sparassidae, Philodromidae, Selenopidae, and Zoropsidae
- 19. Sand spiders and wolf spiders: Homalonychidae and Lycosidae
- 20. Ghosts, goblins, pirates, and other wandering hunters: Mimetidae, Corrinidae, Trachelidae, Gnaphosidae, Caponiidae, Dysderidae, Oonopidae, Anyphaenidae, Miturgidae, Eutichuridae, and Liocranidae
- 21. Fishing spiders: Pisauridae and Trechaleidae
- 22. Spitting spiders: Scytodidae
- 23. In the company of arachnids.