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- Arachnologische Gesellschaft
- Arachnologische Mitteilungen
- Arachnologischer Anzeiger
- Arachnologisches Magazin
- Arthropoda Selecta
- Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging
- Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society
- British Spider Study Group
- British Tarantula Society
- Cheliceres
- Czech Arachnological Society
- European Society of Arachnology
- Euroasian Arachnological Society
- EURAAC (European Association of Acarologists)
- Feuille de Contact / Nieuwsbrief
- Flatford Mill Spider Group
- G.E.A. (Groupe d'etude des Arachnides)
- Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología
- Hungarian Arachnology
- Journal of the British Tarantula Society
- Latrodecta
- Nieuwsbrief (see also Feuille de Contact / Nieuwsbrief)
- NORAA (Nordostdeutsche Arachnologischer Arbeitskreis)
- NOWARA (Nordwestdeutsche Arachnologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft)
- Pénélope
- Revue Arachnologique
- SARA (Sueddeutsche Arachnologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft)
- SIT (Spinnen In Terraria)
- Societe Arachnologique de Belgique
- Societe d'Arachnologie de Nancy
- SPINED (Spinnen Nederland)
- Systematic and Applied Acarology
- Systematic and Applied Acarology Special Publications
- Systematic and Applied Acarology Society
- Tarantula Club Nederland
- The British Arachnological Society
- The British Tarantula Fellowship International
- The British Tarantula Society
- The Field Studies Council
- The Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society
- The Scottish Field Studies Association
- The Spider Recording Scheme
- Turkish Arachnological Society
- WIS (Werkgroep Inheemse Spinnen)
- Acarology Bulletin
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ACAROLOGIE
This publication (ISSN 0567-672X) was published from 1957 to 1993 by Hirschmann-Verlag, Nurnberg, Germany. No further details are currently available.
The Societe Arachnologique de Belgique / Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging was founded in 1986. One bilingual publication (French and Dutch) is issued three times a year: Feuille de Contact / Nieuwsbrief (ISSN 0774-7225). Several meetings and excursions are held each year. Subscription rate 500 BEF/year. For further details about this society write: Dr. Leon Baert, Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussel, Belgium.
ARACHNIDES
The French language bulletin, Arachnides was up to 1994 published by Groupe d'Etude des Arachnides. It is now an independent publication that is issued four times a year. For further details contact: Gerard Dupre, BP 21, 94190 Villeneuve St Georges Cedex, France. E-mail dupre@univ-paris12.fr.
ARACHNOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE POLISH ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
This group is primarily composed of professional arachnologists and students preparing their diploma papers on arachnids. The group was founded in 1978. Their main activities are the organization of annual conferences and the promotion of research on arachnids. They have also initiated regional conferences of arachnologists from neighboring countries. Members of this society publish numerous scientific papers in various learned periodicals, but no society publication is currently produced. For further details about this group write: Prof. dr hab. J. Proszynski, Arachnological Section of the Polish Zoological Society, Zakland Zoologii WSRP, ul. Prusa 12, 08-100 Siedlce, Poland.
ARACHNOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE SLOVAKIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE SLOVAKIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
This group was founded during 1972-1974 in honor of Prof. Frantisek Miller (1902-1983). The core of members are graduates of Charles University (Department of Systematic Zoology) and fellow-workers of Prof. Miller. The group consists of both professionals and amateurs devoted to the equable study of the arachnids of the former Czechoslovakia. Annual meetings are connected with collecting trips. A regional conference was organized with Polish arachnologists about "Long and short time changes in the spider fauna." Starting in 1984, monthly arachnological discussion groups have been held at the Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague. Interested individuals should contact the group for additional information by writing either: Doc. Dr. Jan Buchar, (Secretaire, Societe Entomologique Tcheque) Katedra Systematicke Zoologie, Karlovy University, Vinicna 7, 12944 Praha 2, Czechoslovakia; or, J. Svaton (Secretaire, Societe Entomologique Slovaque), Academie Slovaque des Sciences.
ARACHNOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT
The Arachnologische Gesellschaft (AraGes) is a society of German language arachnologists who work on a scientific basis with arachnids (excluding ticks, mites and breeding of tarantulas). The goal of this association is to promote research on those arachnids (spiders, harvestmen, palpigrades, pseudoscorpions and scorpions) which occur in Central Europe, as well as encouraging and supporting these studies. Individuals active in this society carry out genetic, ecological, faunistic, taxonomic, physiological, behavioural and biogeographical investigations.
Within the AraGes there are three regional working groups (NOWARA: north-west Germany, NORAA: north-east Germany and SARA: southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland), all of which meet annually. German language meetings of the entire AraGes take place every three years (always in the year of the ISA Congress). The AraGes and its working groups are sources of information through which details about projects can be provided as well as contacts between interested laypersons and arachnologists. In the same way the AraGes regards itself as starting point for individuals with specific specialist questions, e.g. candidates for university exams and the general public via the press, etc.
Since 2000 a 'Spider of the Year' has been elected each year by a special commission
(2000 Argyroneta aquatica, 2001 Argiope bruennichi, 2002 Pisaura mirabilis, 2003 Pholcus phalagioides, 2004 Micrommata virescens, 2005 Salticus scenicus, 2006 Misumena vatia [as the first European Spider of the Year - http://www.european-arachnology.org/esa-start.shtml]; see also www.arages.de).
The society's publication is the journal 'Arachnologische Mitteilungen'. This journal (ISSN 1018-4171) has been published since 1991. Articles are in German (English abstracts) or English.
Usually two volumes are printed per year (each about 60 pages).
Article topics include faunistics, taxonomy, systematics, ecology, and behavior of European arachnids.
The editor for the journal is the AraGes. Correspondence about manuscripts should be sent to:
Dr. Oliver Finch, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Fachbereich 7, Biologie, Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118, Postfach 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany, email:
oliver.d.finch@uni-oldenburg.de
or Theo Blick, Heidloh 8, 95503 Hummeltal, Germany, email: theo.blick@t-online.de
If you would like to have more information about our work, please contact ARAGES or:
ARAGES (executive committee)
NORAA / Hallenser Arachnologen:
NOWARA
SARA
ARACHNOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER
For details about this publication contact: Andreas Tinter, Bogenstrasse 16, 7151 Affalterbach, Deutschland (Germany). Telephone 07144/35734. Diese Zeitschrift erschien von 1990 bis Anfang 1993.
ARACHNOLOGISCHES MAGAZIN
This publication is the official organ of the Deutschen Arachnologischen Gesellschaft. Contents: mainly Mygalomorphae, worldwide. For further details contact: Samm Verlag, Imbuschstrasse 14, D-90473 Nuernberg, Deutschland (Germany). Telephone +49-911-80 94 97. Das offizielle Organ der "Deutschen Arachnologischen Gesellschaft". Inhalt: v.a. Mygalomorphae, weltweit. Kontaktadresse: Samm Verlag, Imbuschstrasse 14, D-90473 Nuernberg. Telefon 0911-80 94 97.
EUROASIAN ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Due to the growing number of arachnologists in the former U.S.S.R., a separate group within the All-Union Entomological Society was established in 1984. This section's purpose was to unite former Soviet specialists in arachnology (excluding acarologists). Meetings of the section are to be held every four years (starting in 1984) and the papers of the First Conference were published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad, vol. 139 (1986), the Second in the same, vol. 226 (1990/1992). In 1992, the group separated from the Entomological Society into the Euroasian Arachnological Society.
Correspondence about the Society should be directed to: Dr. K. Mikhailov (Secretary, Euroasian Arachnological Society), Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, K-9 Herzen strasse, 6 Russia 103009 Moscow. E-mail: kmk2000@online.ru.
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ACAROLOGISTS (EURAAC)
For details on the EURopean Association of ACarologists contact: Treasurer, Don MacFarlane, 70 Hunters Way, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3BT, United Kingdom. The editor of their Newsletter is Lars Lundqvist, Lund University, Sweden. E-mail: Lars.Lundqvist@zool.lu.se.
The Third Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in the first week of July 1996. The meeting takes place at the University of Amsterdam. The central theme of the Symposium is: Ecology and Evolution in the Acari. Emphasis will be given to phylogeny, evolutionary ecology and speciation processes. A selection of the papers presented at the Symposium will be published as a special issue of Experimental and Applied Acarology. Publication is due within a year after the meeting. Further details about the symposium are available from the Symposium secretariat: Mrs. Tine Korzilius, Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM Amsterdam, Nederland (The Netherlands). Telephone: +31 20 525 7736. Fax: +31 20 525 7754. E-mail: korzilius@bio.uva.nl.
Additional information is also available at: http://www.fu-berlin.de/euraac/.
GROUPE D'ETUDE DES ARACHNIDES (G.E.A.)
See also their webpage
Quelques amateurs ont décidé de créer une association en avril 1989, sous le régime de la loi de 1901, association qui a pour but:
Le G.E.A. regroupe désormais 330 adhérents (au 01/11/97) répartis dans différents pays (Suisse, France, Belgique ...). Ses adhérents se regroupent régulièrement lors de réunions permettant ainsi de former des jeunes et moins jeunes débutants (diapo ramas, débats divers, conseils d'élevage, échanges et ventes des surplus d'élevage etc...).
Le G.E.A. est en relation permanente avec la revue arachnologique Française "Arachnides" où il est traité tant de notes d'élevages destinées aux débutants que d'articles plus scientifiques, ainsi que des dernières nouvelles de l'arachnologie.
Un fichier de recensement de toutes les espèces d'araignées détenues par les adhérents du G.E.A. fonctionne et permet désormais de lancer des programmes d'élevage de certaines espèces très demandées, le but final étant, au delà des résultats scientifiques, de pouvoir minimiser au maximum les prélèvements dans la nature, conformément aux statuts de l'association.
Le G.E.A. s'est doté d'un bulletin de liaison, "Cheliceres", qui informe les adhérents de toutes les manifestations tels que salons, expositions, congrès ... La liste des adhérents est également éditée dans ce bulletin, une fois par an, et permet ainsi d'améliorer les contacts. Des petites annonces de ventes, échanges et dons d'animaux s'y trouvent également ainsi que toutes les décisions administratives, comptes rendus d'assemblées et dates des réunions.
Enfin, le secrétariat du G.E.A. répond, dans la mesure de ses moyens, à toute demande de renseignements et notamment essaie de guider et d'aider les débutants dans les domaines de la terrariophille et de la recherche d'animaux. Il anime en permanence de nombreuses expositions éducatives ainsi que différentes animations tournées plus spécifiquement vers les jeunes (Ecoles, Universités, Cité des Enfants de la Cité des Sciences de Paris ...).
Pour tout contact, écrire à l'adresse suivante: G.E.A. C/O Steevens DROGUET - 1 mail de la Résistance - Hall Vénus - 94380 BONNEUIL SUR MARNE, son adresse e-mail est Dupre Steevens2@aol.com.
This association published the French language bulletin, Arachnides up to 1994. G.E.A. now produces the publication Cheliceres for their members. For further details on the French Tarantula Society contact: Franck Phan, 17 Rue René Pierre, 91100 Corbeil-Essonnes, France. Information also available by e-mail from Gerard Dupre at dupre@univ-paris12.fr.
HUNGARIAN ARACHNOLOGY
Group of Hungarian arachnologists with annual meeting and webpage with a lot of info.
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF ARACHNOLOGY (ESA) / SOCIETE EUROPEENNE D'ARACHNOLOGIE
This society was founded in 1980. It aims to support the study of
arachnology, to promote the development of this science and to facilitate
exchanges between researchers or institutes. Annual meetings are held in
Europe, except in the years the International Congress of Arachnology is
held.
More information can be found on their webpage
ESA
GRUPO IBÉRICO DE ARACNOLOGÍA
Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología (GIA) is a Spanish arachnological society.
More information can be found on their
webpage
LATRODECTA
This publication (ISSN 0940-8185) was first issued on 1 October 1991. Articles are almost exclusively in German. For further details contact: Dirk Weickmann, Holzgasse 49, 91781 Weissenburg, Germany, telephone +49-89-520 33 88; or Sabine Moosmann, Bockmaystrasse 18, 82327 Tutzing, Deutschland (Germany). Fax: +49-8158-8346. Diese Publikation (ISSN 0940-8185) erschien erstmals am 1. Oktober 1991. Die Artikel sind in der Regel auf Deutsch. Kontaktadressen: Dirk Weickmann, Holzgasse 49, D-91781 Weissenburg, Telefon 089-520 33 88; Sabine Moosmann, Bockmaystrasse 18, D-82327 Tutzing, Fax: 08158-8346.
More information can be found on their
webpage
REVUE ARACHNOLOGIQUE
This publication (ISSN 0398-4346) was started in 1977. Since that time ten volumes have been published, each volume being composed of 4-13 parts which are usually issued separately. Revue Arachnologique contains scientific articles on all aspects of arachnology (excluding Acarina). Papers are written in French, English, Italian, or Spanish. Correspondence about this journal should be directed to: M. Jean-Claude Ledoux, rue du ruisseau, 43370 Solignac-sur-Loire, France.
PÉNÉLOPE
The Association pour la promotion de la protection des invertebres is a non-profit organization that publishes a magazine about French arachnids (spiders, scorpions, faucheux or acarina): "Pénélope". Appi may be contacted by e-mail at: appi@multimania.com, or by postal mail to: APPI, 15, rue Mouton-Duvernet, 75014 Paris, France.
SIT
SIT or Spinnen In Terraria is Dutch for Spiders in Terraria. The members of this club breed and collect mostly living species of "bird-spiders" (Mygalomorphae) and other tarantulas in terraria. No other information is available at this time.
SOCIETE D'ARACHNOLOGIE DE NANCY
For details on this group contact: B.P. 239, 54506 Vandoevre-Les-Nancy, France.
SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY SOCIETY (SAAS) The Systematic and Applied Acarology Society (SAAS) was established to promote the development of acarology in China and foster communication and cooperation among acarologists in China and other parts of the world. SAAS currently has over 100 members from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, New Zealand, United Kingdom, U.S.A., and Canada.
SAAS has three publications which are printed in the United Kingdom. The Acarology Bulletin (ISSN 1361-8091) is a newsletter that is published in English four times a year (January, April, July, and October in 1996). It includes acarology news, list of new acarology books, review of new acarology books, list of current contents of major acarology journals, and selected bibliography of the Acari, and others; with particular emphasis on acarology in China. A full text version is available free online. Systematic and Applied Acarology
(ISSN 1362-1971) is a refereed research journal of the society on all aspects of systematic and applied acarology with contributions mostly from Chinese acarologists from around the world. It is published annually in July. Each volume (260 X 185 cm) will be about 250 pages or 40 papers in English.
Systematic and Applied Acarology Special Publications (ISSN 1461-0183): sister journal of SAA; a rapid publication for short papers and monographic works. A full text version is soon to be made available free online. If you are interested in joining the SAAS, please contact: Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK. E-mail: z.zhang@nhm.ac.uk. Telephone: 44-171-938-9535. Fax: 44-171-938-9309. Order the journals from Panda Books Society with payment: Panda Books Society, P. O. Box 8773, London SW7 4ZF, United Kingdom.
TARANTULA CLUB NEDERLAND
The Dutch tarantula club is composed primarily by amateur arachnologists interested in captive breeding and care of tarantulas. A newsletter was started in 1987. Interested individuals should contact the group for additional information by writing: Mr. Rob. J. Dumont, Tarantula Club Nederland, Waddenstraat 217, 2036 Le Haarlem, Nederland (The Netherlands).
THE BRITISH ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY (BAS)
This society was officially named in 1969, but its roots can be traced back to 1958. The Flatford Mill Spider Group (1958-1965) gave rise to the British Spider Study Group (1964-1968) which in turn became the British Arachnological Society. The BAS exists to promote the study of arachnids in Britain and throughout the world. Membership is open to all persons interested in arachnology and currently consists of over 650 members and subscribers worldwide, both amateur and professional. Members participate in spider identification courses, ecological surveys, field meetings, lectures and conversations, as well as informal, local meetings arranged through the membership list. A postal library of around six thousand scientific papers, books and photographic slides is available to members resident in Britain. A bibliography to the library holdings is available on both paper and computer disk. The society now has two publications which deal with arachnology (excluding acarology): The Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society (ISSN 0959-2261) and the Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society (ISSN 0524-4994). Both are written in English and are published three times a year. Correspondence about membership or the society should be sent to the Membership Secretary: Mr. Shaun H. Hexter, 71 Havant Road, Walthamstow, London E17 3JE, United Kingdom. Correspondence about the society in general can be directed to:
info@britishspiders.org.uk.
Originally founded as The British Tarantula Fellowship International in 1984, this group changed their name in 1986 to the British Tarantula Society. This international group aims to further the study, keeping, and breeding of tarantulas and scorpions and to educate the public that spiders are not to be feared but admired and studied. The bi-monthly Journal of the British Tarantula Society was first published in 1986 and contains both technical and non-technical information. This group holds an Annual Show for members, where they have talks and discussions, and members can voice their views and exhibit their tarantulas. For further information concerning the society or membership contact: Mrs. Ann Webb, The British Tarantula Society, 81 Phillimore Place, Radlett, Hertfordshire, WD7 8NJ, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 1923 85 6071 or or e-mail webmaster@bts.ndirect.co.uk.
THE FIELD STUDIES COUNCIL
This organization runs a wide variety of courses, including some on spiders, at its ten residential centers in England and Wales. Details from: Field Studies Council, Central Services, Preston Montfort, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1HW, United Kingdom.
THE SCOTTISH FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION
This organization runs a wide variety of courses, including some on spiders, at its single residential field center. Details from: Scottish Field Studies Association, Pinewoods, 10 Stormont Place, Scone, Perth PH2 6SR, United Kingdom or Kindrogan Field Centre, Enochdhu, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, PH10 7PG, United Kingdom.
THE SPIDER RECORDING SCHEME
This was established in 1987 by the British Arachnological Society in association with the Biological Records Centre. The eventual aim is to produce an up-to-date distribution atlas of British spiders based on records from each 10 km square in the country. Obviously a certain degree of proficiency will have to be reached before participating in the scheme and this is most easily achieved by attending a field course. New or unusual records are always checked and help is given with any difficult specimens. Details are available from: D. R. Nellist, 198A Park Street Lane, Park Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 2AQ, United Kingdom.
TURKISH ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The Turkish Arachnological Society was founded in 1 February 2007 in Ankara.
WIS or Werkgroep Inheemse Spinnen is Dutch for Study Group on Native Spiders. The purpose of the group is to promote the scientific study and knowledge of spider behavior through observation and cultivation of spiders in captivity. To pass this knowledge to interested people in an educational well-founded manner. To make excursions to bring interested people closer to nature in order to make them aware of the ecological importance of the relationships between all living things (and spiders of course).
For further information about the group contact the Secretary: Bart Van Campe, Bollebergen 45, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium. Telephone: +32 9 222 44 30. For membership information contact Bryan Goethals achtergaele.g@unicall.be
Instructions for authors and additional information
Dr. Peter Jäger, Sektion Arachnologie, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, email: peter.jaeger@senckenberg.de, Dr. Ambros Hänggi, Naturhistorisches Museum, Abt. Zoologie, Augustinergasse 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland, email: Ambros.Haenggi@bs.ch or Dr. Christoph Muster, Universität Leipzig, Institut für Biologie II, Molekulare Evolution und Systematik der Tiere, Talstr. 33, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, email: c.muster@rz.uni-leipzig.de
Dr. Ralph Platen, Buschhüttener Weg 1, 13583 Berlin, email: spinnerp@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Dr. Oliver Finch, Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Fachbereich 7, Biologie, Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118, Postfach 2503, 26111 Oldenburg, email: oliver.d.finch@Uni-Oldenburg.de or Dr. Martin Kreuels, AraDet, Alexander-Hammer-Weg 9, 48161 Münster, email: info@aradet.de
Dr. Gernot J. Bergthaler, Bessarabierstr. 72, 5020 Salzburg, Austria, email: gjbergthaler@aon.at
- De faciliter les rapports entre les arachnologues de langue Française, chercheurs et amateurs étrangers,
-De contribuer à une meilleure connaissance de cette faune et de sa biogéographie,
-d'améliorer les conditions d'élevage notamment à des fins scientifiques en excluant tout but lucratif systématique,
- de participer activement à la protection de ces espèces et dénoncer les commerces illégaux . (Extraits des statuts de l'association).
Web page: British Arachnological Society Home Page
President: Kadir Bogac Kunt
Email: kunt@araknolojidernegi.org.tr