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Item Contributions to arachnid systematics in honor of Willis J. Gertsch, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 170, article 1(New York : American Museum of Natural History, 1981) Gertsch, Willis John, 1906-; Kaston, B. J. (Benjamin Julian), 1906-; Valerio, Carlos E.; Platnick, Norman I.; Shadab, Mohammad Umar.; Francke, Oscar F.; Maury, Emilio A.; Stahnke, Herbert L. (Herbert Ludwig), 1902-; Murphy, John A.; Raven, Robert J.; Coyle, Frederick A.; Valerio, Carlos E.; Brignoli, Paolo Marcello.; Roth, Vincent D.; Dondale, Charles D.; Redner, James H.; Kronestedt, Torbjorn.; Lowrie, Donald Charles, 1910-; Carico, James E.; Minch, Edwin W.; Peck, William B.; Reiskind, Jonathan.; Richman, David B.; Cutler, Bruce, 1943-; Galiano, Maria Elena.; Opell, Brent D.; Van Helsdingen, P. J.; Millidge, A. F. (Alfred Frank); Levi, Herbert Walter, 1921-; Shear, William A.; Forster, Raymond R., 1922-Item A review of the ground spider genus Scotognapha (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), and its radiation on the Canary and Salvage Islands. American Museum novitates ; no. 3338(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2001) Platnick, Norman I.; Ovcharenko, V. I.; Murphy, John A.The ground spider genus Scotognapha Dalmas comprises at least 13 species; these taxa appear to be endemic to the Canary and Salvage Islands, and may represent the sister group of all other gnaphosines. Nomisia teideensis Wunderlich is transferred to Scotognapha; two specific names are newly synonymized: S. gravieri Dalmas with S. atomaria Dalmas, and S. bewickei (Blackwall) with S. paivai (Blackwall). Seven new species are described: S. juangrandica and S. wunderlichi from Grand Canary; S. medano from Hierro, Tenerife, and Lanzarote; S. haria from Lanzarote; S. galletas and S. taganana from Tenerife; and S. costacalma from Fuerteventura. Adult males of S. canaricola (Strand), and adult females of S. convexa (Simon), S. atomaria Dalmas, and S. teideensis (Wunderlich), are described for the first time.Item A review of the zelotine ground spider genus Setaphis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3162(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1996) Platnick, Norman I.; Murphy, John A.Item A revision of the spider genera Trachyzelotes and Urozelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2792(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1984) Platnick, Norman I.; Murphy, John A."The subgenus Trachyzelotes Lohmander is removed from Zelotes, elevated to generic rank, and redefined to include those zelotines with a distinctive cluster of stiff setae on the anteromedian surface of the chelicerae; the generic name Simonizelotes Marinaro is a nomen nudum that was intended by its author to refer to the same group of species. Trachyzelotes seems natively Mediterranean but some species have apparently been introduced into (and redescribed from) far-flung areas. Three species groups are recognized within the genus. The pedestris group contains only the European type species T. pedestris (C.L. Koch). The lyonneti group contains one new species, T. stubbsi from Cyprus, and four Mediterranean species transferred from Zelotes: T. lyonneti (Audouin), with which Zelotes ursinus (O.P.-Cambridge) of Israel, Z. brasilianus (Keyserling) of Brazil, Z. philippsoni Denis of Morocco, Z. errans Benoit of Saint Helena, and Drassyllus agilis (Bryant) of the southern United States are newly synonymized, and which is newly recorded from Peru; T. adriaticus (Caporiacco), the female of which is described for the first time; T. jaxartensis (Kroneberg), with which Zelotes insipiens (Simon) of Senegal, Z. sorex Denis of Egypt, Z. cavaleriei Schenkel of China, Drassyllus peninsulanus (Banks) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, Camillina spinibarbis (Simon) of Oman, C. acanthognatha (Purcell) of South Africa, Scotophaeus chohanius Patel and Patel of India, and Drassodes indraprastha Tikader and Gajbe of India are newly synonymized, and which is newly recorded from Hawaii; and T. kulczynskii (Bösenberg), with which Z. samoensis Berland of Samoa is newly synonymized, the male of which is described for the first time, and which is newly recorded from Florida, Jamaica, and St. Kitts. The barbatus group contains two new species, T. huberti from Algeria and T. malkini from Turkey, Crete, and the Soviet Union, and six Mediterranean species transferred from Zelotes: T. barbatus (L. Koch), newly recorded from California; T. fuscipes (L. Koch), with which Zelotes rubicundulus (Simon) of France is newly synonymized; T. ravidus (L. Koch); T. holosericeus (Simon); T. mutabilis (Simon), with which Zelotes microbarbatus Marinaro of Algeria is newly synonymized; and T. costatus (Denis), the male of which is described for the first time. The genus Urozelotes Mello-Leitão contains the new species U. mysticus, from an unknown locality, and the cosmopolitan, synanthropic species U. rusticus (L. Koch), transferred from Zelotes, with which Zelotes completus (Banks) of Mexico, Z. luteus (F.O.P.-Cambridge) of Guatemala, Z. pacificus (Simon) of Hawaii, Z. porteri (Simon) of Chile, Z. scutatus Mello-Leitão of Brazil, Z. keyserlingi Roewer of Uruguay, Camillina amnicola Tucker of South Africa, C. gigas Schmidt of the Canary Islands, Drassodes agelastus Keyserling of Brazil, D. malodes Tikader of India, and U. cardiogynus Mello-Leitão of Argentina are newly synonymized"--P. [1]-2.Item Studies on Malagasy spiders. 3, The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina. American Museum novitates ; no. 2874(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1987) Platnick, Norman I.; Murphy, John A."Zelotes is the only zelotine gnaphosid genus previously recorded from Madagascar; Zelotes bastardi (Simon) and Z. madagascaricus (Strand) probably represent females and males, respectively, of a single species. Only females exist in current collections, and their affinities remain uncertain. Three other zelotine species occur in the Malagasy collections studied: the cosmopolitan, synanthropic species Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch), and two species of the genus Camillina. A revision of the Old World Camillina indicates that both those species are new (C. tsima and C. fiana) and endemic to Madagascar and to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, respectively; the two are not sister species. A recent revision of the American Camillina is supplemented with new descriptions, synonymies, and records. Echemella aldabrae Strand, Echemus pavesii Simon, Zelotes tucumanus Mello-Leitão, and Z. tobari Mello-Leitão are transferred to Camillina; the latter two names are newly synonymized with C. pulcher (Keyserling) and C. arguta (Simon), respectively. Camillina natalensis Lawrence is newly synonymized with C. cordifera (Tullgren). Discovery of the type of C. galapagoensis (Banks) indicates that this species was previously misidentified by Platnick and Shadab; their species C. cruz is newly synonymized and the species misidentified by them as C. galapagoensis is described as C. isabela. Thirteen other new species are described: C. maun from Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa; C. kaibos from the Ivory Coast and Kenya; C. capensis from South Africa; C. namibensis from Namibia; C. kochalkai, C. madrejon, C. cui, and C. mahnerti from Paraguay; C. pilar from Paraguay and Argentina; C. mauryi, C. cordoba, and C. galianoae from Argentina; and C. penai from northern Chile and southern Peru. Males of eight species are described for the first time: C. pavesii (Simon), C. balboa Platnick and Shadab, C. nova Platnick and Shadab, C. major (Keyserling), C. marmorata (Mello-Leitão), C. oruro Platnick and Shadab, C. calel Platnick and Shadab, and C. minuta (Mello-Leitão)"--P. [1]-2.