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Tables of Contents for Spiders and Their Kin
Chapter/Section Title
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Spiders and Their Kin, classification, anatomy, courtship, growth, enemies, silk, poisonous spiders
4
18
Collecting, preserving, rearing
18
2
Spiders: 4 pairs of legs, spinnerets; cephalothorax and abdomen joined by narrow waist; no antennae
20
96
Mygalomorph Spiders, Orthognatha: chelicerae (jaws) attached in front of head, open forward
20
6
True Spiders, Labidognatha: chelicerae attached below head, open to sides
26
90
Cribellate Spiders: cribellum, a plate with spigots, in front of spinnerets
106
10
Spider Relatives: no antennae, no spinnerets on posterior of abdomen; 4 pairs of legs
116
25
Whipscorpions: strong palps, long whiplike first legs
116
2
Windscorpions: huge jaws, leglike palps
118
2
Pseudoscorpions: large pincer-like palps, lacks stinger
120
2
Scorpions: large pincer-like palps, slender tail, with stinger
122
6
Harvestmen: compact body, segmented abdomen, eyes usually on a tubercle
128
6
Mites: small, body compact, abdomen usually unsegmented
134
6
Microwhipscorpions: small, leglike palps, long tail
140
1
Ricinuleids: hood covers jaws
140
1
Myriapods: 1 pair of antennae, legs on a series of similar rings
141
11
Pauropods and Symphyla: 9-12 pairs of legs
141
1
Centipedes: 15 or more pairs of legs, one on each segment
142
4
Millipedes: two pairs of legs on most body rings
146
6
Land Crustaceans: two pairs of antennae
152
3
Wood Lice: flattened, lack carapace
152
2
Land Crabs: not flattened, cephalothorax with carapace
154
1
More Information
155
1
Index
156