Author | Locket G.A. & Millidge A.F. |
Year | 1953 |
Title | British Spiders (3 Vols) |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All the British species known at the time |
Source | Nos 135, 137 & 149, 1968 Reprint edition, 310+449pp, The Ray Society, London |
Illustrations | Line drawings of genitalia |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | The classic "modern" work on British spiders. Two volumes (1951 and 1953) covering the species, followed by a third in 1974: Locket, G.H., Millidge, A.F. & Merrett, P., containing addenda and corrigenda. The key only goes to families and is followed by the species accounts. Long out-of-print but now available on CD from Pisces Conservation. |
Examine | Stereo Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Dead specimens in alcohol. Genitalia preps sometimes needed. |
Identification difficulty | Linyphiidae are challenging. |
Website url | www.pisces-conservation.com/ |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | ARANEAE | spiders | Animalia |
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