SOURCES

The taxonomic framework of this site is primarily derived from Norman Platnick's World Spider Catalog. Dr. Platnick's invaluable resource is the single most important taxonomic database and bibliographic reference to all spiders, not just Theraphosidae. Its vast scope makes frequent updates an impossible task and, therefore, this site also looks to recent literature for changes in taxonomy. Citations for papers describing species were also obtained from this site.

The bibliographic citations contained herein are derived from numerous sources. I must give special thanks to German arachnoculturist Martin Huber (www.spiderpix.com) who generously sent me extensive lists from his personal database. His contributions have significantly aided the creation of this site.

I am grateful to the following contributors to this site: Martin Huber (Germany), Steve Nunn (Australia), Peter Pástor (Czech Republic), Airon Luis Pereira (Brazil), Eric Reynolds (USA), Andrew Smith (United Kingdom), Boris Striffler (Germany), Fabian Vol (France). Airon has been especially helpul as he has spent a great deal of time proofreading this site and alerting me to errors and omissions.

Most citations were obtained from literature searches and the websites of academic journals and arachnid society or hobby magazines some of which are listed below:

• ARACHNE/DEARGE MITTEILUNGEN
  [Deutsche Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (DeArGe) - German Arachnologic Society]
• ARACHNIDES
  [Le Groupe d'Etude des Arachnides - French Arachnid Society]
• ARACHNOCULTURE
  [American arachnid magazine]
• BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY
• FAUNA
  [publication of the International Fauna Society]
• FORUM MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN TARANTULA SOCIETY
• INVERTEBRATES-MAGAZINE
  [American invertebrate magazine]
• JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY
  [American Arachnological Society]
• JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH TARANTULA SOCIETY
• REPTILIA
  [European herp magazine]
• SKLÍPKAN
  [Czech invertebrate magazine]
• TIJDSCHRIFT VAN VOGELSPINNEN VERENIGING NEDERLAND
  [Dutch Tarantula Society]
• WEBBINGS
  [former American arachnid newsletter]

REFERENCES

Dunlop, J.A. 1995.
The Journal of the British Tarantula Society, contents list for volumes 1-10, 1986-1995.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society Study Group 4:1-18.

Platnick, N.I. 2005.
The world spider catalog, version 5.5. American Museum of Natural History
online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html.

Platnick, N.I. 2005.
The world spider catalog, version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History
online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html.

Platnick, N.I. 2005.
The world spider catalog, version 6.5. American Museum of Natural History
online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html.

Platnick, N.I. 2006.
The world spider catalog, version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History
online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html.

Platnick, N.I. 2007.
The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History
online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html.