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The following list is provided as a guide to the arachnological publications and societies of the world. It is currently the most extensive list on this topic anywhere. No need to look further. Although it is not an official list of any group, it is supported by all groups as they have supplied the data for the listings.
ACAROLOGIA
Acarologia (ISSN 0044-5866X) is a journal devoted to the study of all aspects of mite research, and has been published since 1959. Four fascicles are produced per year, each of about 100 pages. The main scientific languages are accepted, but the majority of articles are in English. Prices for individual subscriptions are 520 FF per year, institutions 800 FF, back volumes available (760 FF each) (postage included). Checks (preferably in francs) should be made to the order of Service des publications, Université 9 Paul VALERY, MONTPELLIER III, ROUTE DE MENDE, 34199 MONTPELLIER FRANCE.
EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL BOARD: Dr. Michel BERTRAND, Dr. Mark JUDSON and Dr. Serge KREITER. MANUSCRIPTS: to the Editorial Board: M. BERTRAND, Laboratoire de ZOOGEOGRAPHIE, UNIVERSITE, MONTPELLIER III, Route de MENDE, 34199 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 05 FRANCE, or to M.JUDSON, Laboratoire des Arthropodes, MNHN Paris, 61, Rue de BUFFON, 75231 Paris, FRANCE\par by Mail to: Michel.Bertrand@univ-montp3.fr, or acarolog@mnhn.fr. Addresses:
ACAROLOGY (INTERNET LISTSERVER AND HOME PAGE)
Acarology is a computer discussion list dedicated to the Acari (mites and ticks). All acarologists are welcome to join. It is aimed to promote the information exchange and communication among all those who are interested in the Acari.
You may subscribe to this list by sending a "subscribe acarology" command (in the text part of the message) to listserver@nhm.ac.uk. This command must NOT be sent to the list address "acarology@nhm.ac.uk". Please remember not to add a signature to your message, as the listserver will think it is a command and not recognize it. The "end" command can be used to stop interpretation of signatures and should appear as the last command.
You may send a message to everyone on the list by addressing your message to acarology@nhm.ac.uk.
You may leave the list at any time by sending an "unsubscribe acarology" command to "listserver@nhm.ac.uk".
By sending the "who" command to the listserver, it will return the E-mail addresses of all subscribers to the mail group. More information on listserver commands can be found by sending a "help" command to "listserver@nhm.ac.uk".
There is also a Home page at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/acarology.
For correspondence about the fileserver or Home page contact: Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang (Z.Zhang@nhm.ac.uk), International Institute of Entomology, 56 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5JR, United Kingdom (alternative address: Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom). Telephone: 44-171-938-9535. FAX: 44-171-938-9309.
ARACHNID (INTERNET LISTSERVER)
The Arachnid mail list is a computer forum for the discussion of spiders, scorpions, and other members of the class Arachnida. Of particular interest is the husbandry and breeding of tarantulas and scorpions with emphasis on the needs of these animals when kept as pets.
You may subscribe to this list by sending a command (in the text part of the message) to: majordomo@bga.com. This command should read: subscribe arachnid "your name" < your E-mail address > [the " and < > are parts of the command].
Although Arachnodata is not a society or publication, it is listed here as a source of information. ARACHNODATA, founded 1986, is the worldwide only information and coordination center for arachnid animals (except Acari) in general and scorpions in particular. It is a privately run, service organization mediating advanced arachnological knowledge and expertise to scientific institutions and organizations, governmental bodies, scientists and non-scientists. A broad variety of individual information and project-related consulting, organizing, monitoring and managing services is offered in such fields like taxonomy, biology, ecology, faunistics, toxicology, medicine, epidemiology, prevention, control, species protection, captivity maintenance, education, etc. ARACHNODATA is an active member of all major arachnological and many national and international zoological, scientific and nature conservation societies and organizations and maintains close corresponding and collaborating relations with arachnologists and other scientists all over the world. On scorpions, ARACHNODATA maintains a library of more than 2,200 books and papers, a collection of greater than 5,000 specimens, a phototheque and project-related databases. By appointment of the IUCN (the World Conservation Union), ARACHNODATA will in due time be responsible for the coordination of all arachnological activities between IUCN, its commissions (e.g. Species Survival Commission, CITES/TRAFFIC, etc.) and members (states, government agencies, national and international NG-organizations) and the community of scientific working arachnologists. Similar agreements are now being discussed with UNEP (UN Environmental Program) and WHO (World Health Organization). Contact: Matt E. Braunwalder, ARACHNODATA, Frauentalweg 97, CH-8045 Zurich, Switzerland (telephoner and FAX: ++41-1-461 56 10, e-mail: admin@arachnodata.ch or arachno.data@switzerland.org). Their homepage can be reached at: http://www.arachnodata.ch
ARACHNOLOGY (INTERNET LISTSERVER AND HOME PAGE)
At the 1994 meetings of the American Arachnological Society, Mark Stowe (University of Florida) led a workshop on the potential usefulness of the Internet for arachnologists. This led, through the efforts of Herman Vanuytven (Antwerp University, Belgium) to the May 1995 creation of the Arachnology Internet Mailing List, and the June 1995 creation of this WWW page. On 5 February 1997, Nils Koesters took over the mailing list and during February 1998 Richard Neil Adams became the listowner. The Arachnology Listserver was created for the discussion of any topic of interest to those that study arachnids (non-acarine). Those interested in acarines or the captive culture of arachnids are referred to two other listservers: Acarology and Arachnid. Advertisements of material for sale is forbidden on the listserver, but is accepted on the Home page along with services available. It is an open subscription and non-moderated. The list is archived.
http://lists.topica.com/lists/arachnida.
EUSCORPIUS
Euscorpius is the first research publication completely devoted to scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones).
Euscorpius takes advantage of the rapidly evolving medium of quick online publication, at the same time maintaining high research standards for the burgeoning field of scorpion science (scorpiology).
Euscorpius is an expedient and viable medium for the publication of serious papers in scorpiology, including (but not limited to): systematics, evolution, ecology, biogeography, and general biology of scorpions. Review papers, descriptions of new taxa, faunistic surveys, lists of museum collections, and book reviews are welcome.
EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY
This publication (ISSN 0168-8162) was started in 1985 by Elsevier, Amsterdam and New York, and was published monthly until 1995. It is now published quarterly by Chapman & Hall, London and New York. For further information contact: Experimental & Applied Acarology, Section Population Biology, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 320, NL-1098 SM Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: geest@bio.uva.nl. Telephone +31 20 5257740, FAX +31 20 5257754.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY (IJA)
This journal (ISSN 0164-7954) was published semiannually 1975-1977 and quarterly since. For further details contact: Dr. Vikram Prasad, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Acarology, Indira Publishing House, P.O. Box 250456, West Bloomfield, Michigan 48325-0456, U.S.A. Telephone 1-313-661-2529. FAX 1-313-661-4066. E-mail: IndiraPubl@aol.com.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARACHNOLOGY
The International Society of Arachnology (ISA) serves the arachnological (excluding Acarina) scientific community of the entire world. ISA documents, records, and publishes each year a list, Liste des Travaux arachnologiques (ISSN 0295-060X), of works which have been published or are in press. In addition, ISA publishes a directory of arachnologists, Annuaire des Arachnologistes mondiaux (ISSN 0990-0063) every three years. The directory lists names and addresses along with special interests of each individual. A third publication of ISA is the Catalogue des collections Arachnologiques mondiales. The catalogue lists the names and addresses of public and private collections of arachnids. ISA coordinates the International Congress of Arachnology every three years in a different host country, which is attended by most of the leading arachnologists throughout the world, and arranges for publication of the Proceedings.
Additional information about ISA can be found at the web page:
International Society of Arachnology
OPILIONES DISCUSSION GROUP
During the international congress of arachnology (Chicago, June 1998) numerous Opiliones researchers meet and decided that there should be better communication for the study of Opiliones. As a result, Bill Shear has begun a listserver. The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of Opiliones. Anyone interested in these animals is welcome to participate. Currently, there are no archives or digests, and the list is not moderated. You can subscribe to this list by sending the message to mailserv@hsc.edu. Any unresolved problems regarding subscription to the list should be addressed to Bill Shear at bills@hsu.edu.
SCORPION-ENTHUSIASTS' LISTSERVER
You can subscribe to the Scorpion-Enthusiasts' Listserver by sending the message "SUBSCRIBE Scorpion-Enthusiasts < your first and last name here >" to macjordomo@wrbu.si.edu. If your name is John Doe, you would send the message:
There is also a home page at: http://wrbu.si.edu/WWW/Stockwell/list/list.html.
SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE DES ACAROLOGUES DE LANGUE FRANCAISE (SIALF)
Currently the officers of the Society are: President : Dr. G. WAUTHY, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 29 Rue vautier 1000 BRUXELLES-BELGIQUE assited by I. JUVARA-BALS, Genéve, SUISSE; Secretary: Dr. M. Bertrand, Université de Montpellier 3, France. Treasurer: Dr. S. Kreiter, E.N.S.A.-M., Montpellier, France.
The aims of the SIALF are to promote research in Acarology by exchanges of information among members, to support scientists formation and development of this discipline, and to initialize publications of applied or fundamental research or any work which encourages research in Acarology. Members of the SIALF are invited each year to define the politics of the Society and to present their scientific works at an annual meeting. The Society also publishes a newsletter (free of charge) providing useful or general information to the members of this association. The Society also organizes the "International Courses of Acarology." The next course will take place in 2000. Recent publication: Les Acariens Oribates by J. Trave, H. M. Andre, F. Bernini, G. Taberly. ISBN 2-87257-002-0 Agar Press SIALF, 110 p. (Price: 20 USD). Contact Serge KREITER ENSAM, 2 Place VIALA, 34060 MONTPELLIER, cedex 01 France. Membership costs are 100 FF per year. For further details on this group contact: Dr. Michel Bertrand, Zoogeographie, Univ. Montpellier 3, 34199 Montpellier cedex 9, France. E-mail: bertrand@bred.univ-montp3.fr.
WEBBINGS
This publication will fill in where others in the hobby have left off. Edited and designed by Todd Gearheart, this newsletter will supply the beginner as well as the advanced hobbyist with information that will help them keep, care, identify, breed, buy and sell arachnids. This will be a quarterly newsletter starting in 1998 and will be six pages or more in length. It will concentrate primarily on tarantulas and scorpions, but true spiders, tailless whipscorpions, solfugids, and other arachnids will be featured. It will be in full-color with lots of graphics, art and photos. Subscription price is $20 a year for U.S.A. subscribers. International subscriptions are $39 for surface mail and $49 for air mail. E-mail tgearhea@peganet.com for details and payment options.
INTERNATIONALREGIONAL PUBLICATIONS/SOCIETIES
Direction: Acarologia, M. BERTRAND, Université MONTPELLIER III, Route de MENDE, 34199 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 9 -FRANCE
Head Office: Acarologia, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de PARIS, LABORATOIRE DES ARTHROPODES, 61 Rue de BUFFON. 75231 PARIS CEDEX 05 FRANCE.
You can search the archives of previous messages to the Listserver at: http://wrbu.si.edu/WWW/Stockwell/list/archive.html.
