Cataloging Spider Biodiversity

世界上已知的蜘蛛有3万多种，它们是陆地群落和食物链的重要组成部分。诺曼·普拉尼克博士建议编写和出版《蜘蛛分类进展》，其中将介绍分类名称、分类地位、物种描述和插图。这本书将更新和补充早先的蜘蛛生物多样性目录。拟议的蜘蛛分类名称的综合目录对广泛的受众具有影响。获取关于蜘蛛的完整和准确的信息来源对于生态学、生物地理学、行为研究和进化生物学的许多领域的研究至关重要。该目录还将加快蜘蛛分类计算机数据库的建设。

There are more than 30,000 known species of spiders in the world, and they are important constituents of terrestrial communities and food chains. Dr. Norman Platnick proposes compilation and publication of "Advances in Spider Taxonomy", in which taxonomic names, their status, species descriptions and illustrations will be presented. This volume will update and supplement earlier catalogs of spider biodiversity. The proposed comprehensive catalog of spider taxonomic names has implications for a wide audience. Access to complete and accurate sources of information concerning spiders is critical to research in many areas of ecology, biogeography, behavioral studies, and evolutionary biology. This catalog will also expedite construction of a computer database of spider taxonomy.