Spiders of New Zealand: Annotated Family Key & Species List

Spiders of New Zealand: Annotated Family Key & Species List is the authoritative identification manual for the 57 spider families of New Zealand.It features more than 500 magnificent, detailed illustrations, a key to the spider families found in New Zealand, an introduction which includes notes on spider anatomy and some tips for specimen examination, and a comprehensive bibliography.All 57 families are addressed, each in a dedicated chapter, with illustrations of exemplar species and morphological features, a complete species list, and information on diversity, diagnostic characters, taxonomic notes, key references, habitat and distribution.