CURRICULUM VITAE
Norman I. Platnick
Personal
Born: December 30, 1951, Bluefield, W. Va.
Married: June 14, 1970, to Nancy Stewart Price of Cambridge, Md.
Children: William Durin Platnick, born June 25, 1982
Education
Concord College, Athens, W. Va., 1964-1968, B.S. in Biology
Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Mich., 1968-1970, M.S. in Zoology
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1970-1973, Ph.D. in Biology
Professional
Assistant Curator, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural
History, 1973-1977
Associate Curator, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural
History, 1977-1982
Curator, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, 19821998
Chairman, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, 19871994
Peter J. Solomon Family Curator of Spiders, Division of Invertebrate Zoology,
American Museum of Natural History, 1998-2010
Senior Scientist and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Emeritus of Spiders, Division
of Invertebrate Zoology, 2010-present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, City College, City University of New
York, 1978-present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 1988-present
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, Center for Environmental Research and
Conservation, Columbia University, 1999-2012
Program Director, Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories, National Science
Foundation, 2002-2003
Societies
American Arachnological Society (Charter Member)
Arachnological Society of Japan
Arachnologische Gesellschaft (First Honorary Member)
British Arachnological Society (Honorary Member)
International Society of Arachnology (Honorary Member)
New York Entomological Society
Sociėtė Arachnologique de Belgique (Membre d'honneur)
Society of Systematic Biologists
Willi Hennig Society (Founding Fellow)
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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: NORMAN I. PLATNICK
1971. The evolution of courtship behaviour in spiders. Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., vol. 2,
pp. 40-47, 1 fig.
1972. Sauer, R. J. and ---. The crab spider genus Ebo (Araneida: Thomisidae) in the
United States and Canada. Canadian Ent., vol. 104, pp. 35-60, figs. 1-45, maps 1, 2.
1972. Notes on the pepinensis group of the crab spider genus Ebo (Araneae:
Thomisidae). Psyche, vol. 79, pp. 58-60, figs. 1-6.
1973. --- and H. W. Levi. On family names of spiders. Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., vol. 2,
pp. 166-167.
1974. The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bull. Mus. Comp.
Zool., vol. 146, pp. 205-266, figs. 1-146, maps 1-5.
1974. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the tranquillus and speciosus groups of the
spider genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America. Amer.
Mus. Novitates, no. 2553, pp. 1-34, figs. 1-87, maps 1-6.
1974. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida,
Araneae). Ibid., no. 2556, pp. 1-14, figs. 1-31.
1974. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the bispinosus and bicolor groups of the spider
genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America and the West
Indies. Ibid., no. 2560, pp. 1-34, figs. 1-110.
1975. A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae,
Palpimanidae). Ibid., no. 2562, pp. 1-32, figs. 1-94, maps 1-5.
1975. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae,
Gnaphosidae) in America. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 155, pp. 1-66, figs. 1-150,
maps 1-15.
1975. A revision of the Holarctic spider genus Callilepis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer.
Mus. Novitates, no. 2573, pp. 1-32, figs. 1-73, table 1, maps 1-4.
1975. --- and A. Lau. A revision of the celer group of the spider genus Anyphaena
(Araneae, Anyphaenidae) in Mexico and Central America. Ibid., no. 2575, pp. 1-36, figs.
1-118.
1975. On the validity of Haplogynae as a taxonomic grouping in spiders. Proc. Sixth
Internatl. Arachnol. Congr., pp. 30-32.
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1975. A revision of the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus.
Novitates, no. 2578, pp. 1-19, figs. 1-35, maps 1-4.
1975. Gertsch, W. J. and ---. A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Cyclocosmia
(Araneae, Ctenizidae). Ibid., no. 2580, pp. 1-20, figs. 1-36.
1975. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Haplodrassus and
Orodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Ibid., no. 2583, pp. 1-40, figs. 1106, maps 1-9.
1975. A revision of the South American spider genus Trachelopachys (Araneae,
Clubionidae). Ibid., no. 2589, pp. 1-25, figs. 1-57, 1 table.
1976. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Drassodes and Tivodrassus
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Ibid., no. 2593, pp. 1-29, figs. 1-80, maps 1-4.
1976. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Rachodrassus, Sosticus, and
Scopodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Ibid., no. 2594, pp. 1-33, figs. 1-91,
table 1, maps 1-5.
1976. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Ibid., no. 2598, pp. 1-23, figs. 1-62.
1976. A new Eilica from India (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., vol.
3, pp. 189-190, figs. 1, 2.
1976. Drifting spiders or continents?: Vicariance biogeography of the spider subfamily
Laroniinae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Syst. Zool., vol. 25, pp. 101-109, figs. 1-3.
1976. Are monotypic genera possible? Ibid., vol. 25, pp. 198-199, figs. 1, 2.
1976. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Neocteniza
(Araneae, Actinopodidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2603, pp. 1-19, figs. 1-32, table 1.
1976. --- and M. U. Shadab. On Colombian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Ibid., no.
2605, pp. 1-8, figs. 1-17.
1976. Notes on East Asian Plator (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Acta Arachnol., vol. 27, pp.
1-7, figs. 1-9.
1976. On Asian Prodidomus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Ibid., vol. 27, pp. 37-42, figs. 1-9.
1976. Concepts of dispersal in historical biogeography. Syst. Zool., vol. 25, pp. 294-295.
1976. A new Otiothops from Brazil (Araneae, Palpimanidae). Jour. New York Ent. Soc.,
vol. 84, pp. 178-179, figs. 1-5.
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1976. --- and W. J. Gertsch. The suborders of spiders: A cladistic analysis (Arachnida,
Araneae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2607, pp. 1-15, figs. 1-18.
1976. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Zimiromus, with
notes on Echemus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Ibid., no. 2609, pp. 1-24, figs. 1-66.
1976. The male of Gnaphosa sonora (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 3,
pp. 135-136, figs. 1, 2.
1976. Notes on the spider genus Doliomalus (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Rev. Zool.
Africaine, vol. 90, pp. 975-983, figs. 1-11.
1977. --- and M. U. Shadab. A new genus of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae from the
Virgin Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 3, pp. 191-194, figs. 1-9.
1977. Notes on spiders from the Falkland Islands (Arachnida, Araneae). Ibid., vol. 3, pp.
195-198.
1977. Notes on the spider genus Paratheuma (Arachnida, Araneae). Ibid., vol. 3, pp.
199-201, figs. 1-4.
1977. Notes on Chilean Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Ibid., vol. 3, pp. 203-205,
figs. 1, 2.
1977. Parallelism in phylogeny reconstruction. Syst. Zool., vol. 26, pp. 93-96, figs. 1, 2.
1977. [Review of] Concepts of species, edited by C. N. Slobodchikoff. Ibid., vol. 26, pp.
96-98.
1977. Forster, R. R. and ---. A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae
(Arachnida, Araneae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2619, pp. 1-29, figs. 1-74.
1977. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Herpyllus and Scotophaeus
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 159, pp. 1-44,
figs. 1-130, maps 1-9.
1977. The hypochiloid spiders: A cladistic analysis, with notes on the Atypoidea
(Arachnida, Araneae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2627, pp. 1-23, figs. 1-31.
1977. Paraphyletic and polyphyletic groups. Syst. Zool., vol. 26, pp. 195-200, figs. 1-7.
1977. [Review of] Evolution and the diversity of life: Selected essays, by Ernst Mayr.
Ibid., vol. 26, pp. 224-228.
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1977. Notes on Brazilian Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Rev. Brasileira Biol., vol. 37,
pp. 395-397, figs. 1-6.
1977. --- and M. U. Shadab. On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Amer.
Mus. Novitates, no. 2633, pp. 1-17, figs. 1-58.
1977. New species and records of the Anyphaena celer group in Mexico (Araneae,
Anyphaenidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 4, pp. 207-210, figs. 1-8.
1977. Monotypy and the origin of higher taxa: A reply to E. O. Wiley. Syst. Zool., vol. 26,
pp. 355-357.
1977. --- and E. S. Gaffney. Systematics: A Popperian perspective. Ibid., vol. 26, pp.
360-365.
1977. A prodidomine spider from Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. British
Arachnol. Soc., vol. 4, pp. 72-73, figs. 1-4.
1977. --- and H. D. Cameron. Cladistic methods in textual, linguistic, and phylogenetic
analysis. Syst. Zool., vol. 26, pp. 380-385.
1977. Cladograms, phylogenetic trees, and hypothesis testing. Ibid., vol. 26, pp. 438-442,
figs. 1, 2.
1978. Two new species of Lygromma (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 5,
pp. 151-152, figs. 1-4.
1978. A new Otiothops from Colombia (Araneae, Palpimanidae). Ibid., vol. 5, pp. 179180, figs. 1-3.
1978. A new Scopodes from California (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Ibid., vol. 5, pp. 180182, figs. 1, 2.
1978. A new Microsa from the Bahama Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Ibid., vol. 5, pp.
182-183, figs. 1-4.
1978. --- and G. Nelson. A method of analysis for historical biogeography. Syst. Zool.,
vol. 27, pp. 1-16, figs. 1-11.
1978. --- and E. S. Gaffney. Evolutionary biology: A Popperian perspective. Ibid., vol. 27,
pp. 137-141.
1978. On East Asian Orthobula (Araneae, Clubionidae). Acta Arachnol., vol. 27, pp. 4347, figs. 1-6.
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1978. [Review of] The Arthropoda: Habits, functional morphology, and evolution, by S. M.
Manton. Syst. Zool., vol. 27, pp. 252-255.
1978. On Australian Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. British Arachnol. Soc., vol. 4,
pp. 226-227, figs. 1-6.
1978. --- and M. U. Shadab. A review of the spider genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae,
Mysmenidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2661, pp. 1-22, figs. 1-71.
1978. Raven, R. J. and ---. A new genus of the spider family Dipluridae from Chile
(Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 6, pp. 73-77, figs. 1-7.
1978. --- and M. U. Shadab. A review of the spider genus Anapis, with a dual cladistic
analysis (Araneae, Anapidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2663, pp. 1-23, figs. 1-64.
1978. Adaptation, selection, and falsifiability. Syst. Zool., vol. 27, pp. 347-348.
1978. Harper, C. W., Jr. and ---. Phylogenetic and cladistic hypotheses: A debate. Ibid.,
vol. 27, pp. 354-362, 1 fig.
1978. Classifications, historical narratives, and hypotheses. Ibid., vol. 27, pp. 365-369, 1
fig.
1978. --- and E. S. Gaffney. Systematics and the Popperian paradigm. Ibid., vol. 27, pp.
381-388.
1979. On Josa alba Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 6, pp.
157-158, figs. 1, 2.
1979. A revision of the spider genus Barrisca (Araneae, Rhoicininae). Ibid., vol. 6, pp.
213-217, figs. 1-6.
1979. Gaps and prediction in classification. Syst. Zool., vol. 27, pp. 472-474, 1 fig.
1979. Nelson, G. and ---. The perils of plesiomorphy: Widespread taxa, dispersal, and
phenetic biogeography. Ibid., vol. 27, pp. 474-477.
1979. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Echemoides, with
notes on other echemines (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2669, pp.
1-22, figs. 1-59.
1979. --- and M. U. Shadab. A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Pseudanapis
(Araneae, Anapidae). Ibid., no. 2672, pp. 1-20, figs. 1-59.
1979. [Review of] Arachnology, edited by P. Merrett. Syst. Zool., vol. 28, pp. 115-117.
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1979. --- and N. Paz S. On the Cryptocellus magnus group (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Amer.
Mus. Novitates, no. 2677, pp. 1-9, figs. 1-11, 1 table.
1979. Contributions á l'étude de la faune terrestre des Îles granitiques de l'archipel des
Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J. J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae: Palpimanidae. Rev.
Zool. Africaine, vol. 93, pp. 461-466, figs. 1-15.
1979. --- and L. F. Marcus. The 12th annual numerical taxonomy conference. Syst.
Zool., vol. 28, pp. 232-238.
1979. [Review of] Arthropod phylogeny, edited by A. P. Gupta. Ibid., vol. 28, pp. 246-249.
1979. A new Symphytognatha from New Guinea (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). Bull.
British Arachnol. Soc., vol. 4, pp. 337-338, figs. 1-3.
1979. Gertsch, W. J. and ---. A revision of the spider family Mecicobothriidae (Araneae,
Mygalomorphae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2687, pp. 1-32, figs. 1-91.
1980. Philosophy and the transformation of cladistics. Syst. Zool., vol. 28, pp. 537-546,
figs. 1, 2.
1980. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion,
Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2691,
pp. 1-26, figs. 1-52, maps 1-6.
1980. Nelson, G. and ---. A vicariance approach to historical biogeography. Bioscience,
vol. 30, pp. 339-343, figs. 1-3.
1980. [Review of] Arthropod phylogeny with special reference to insects, by H. Bruce
Boudreaux. Amer. Sci., vol. 68, p. 327.
1980. On the phylogeny of Ricinulei. Verhandl. 8. Internationaler Arachnologenkongress, Wien 1980, pp. 349-353.
1980. Nelson, G. and ---. Multiple branching in cladograms: Two interpretations. Syst.
Zool., vol. 29, pp. 86-91, figs. 1-8, table 1.
1980. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genus Cesonia (Araneae,
Gnaphosidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 165, pp. 335-385, figs. 1-145, maps 1-6.
1980. Gertsch, W. J. and ---. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae
(Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2704, pp. 1-39, figs. 1-60.
1980. [Review of] Biogeography, by E. C. Pielou. Syst. Zool., vol. 29, pp. 228-230.
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1981. --- and G. Nelson. [Review of] Phylogenetic systematics, by Willi Hennig. Philos.
Sci., vol. 47, pp. 499-502.
1981. Raven, R. J. and ---. A revision of the American spiders of the family
Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2707, pp. 1-20,
figs. 1-54.
1981. The progression rule or progress beyond rules in biogeography. In Nelson, G., and
D. E. Rosen (eds.), Vicariance biogeography: A critique. Columbia University Press, New
York, pp. 144-150.
1981. Nelson, G. and ---. Systematics and biogeography: Cladistics and vicariance.
Columbia University Press, New York, xi + 567 pp.
1981. --- and M. U. Shadab. On Central American Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei).
Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2711, pp. 1-13, figs. 1-21.
1981. A review of the spider subfamily Palpimaninae (Araneae, Palpimanidae), I. Bull.
British Arachnol. Soc., vol. 5, pp. 169-173, figs. 1-18.
1981. Spider biogeography: Past, present, and future. Rev. Arachnol., vol. 3, pp. 85-95,
figs. 1-10.
1981. Contributions á l'étude de la faune terrestre des Îles granitiques de l'archipel des
Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J. J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae: Gnaphosidae. Rev.
Zool. Africaine, vol. 95, pp. 451-457, figs. 1-6.
1981. --- and M. U. Shadab. On the Cryptocellus centralis group (Arachnida, Ricinulei).
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 170, pp. 18-22, figs. 1-5.
1981. Murphy, J. A. and ---. On Liphistius desultor Schiödte (Araneae, Liphistiidae).
Ibid., vol. 170, pp. 46-56, figs. 1-27.
1981. --- and M. U. Shadab. Two new species of the mygalomorph spider genus
Neocteniza (Araneae, Actinopodidae). Ibid., vol. 170, pp. 76-79, figs. 1-4.
1981. --- and M. U. Shadab. A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida,
Araneae). Ibid., vol. 170, pp. 176-182, figs. 1-12.
1981. --- and M. U. Shadab. On the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Ibid.,
vol. 170, pp. 183-188, figs. 1-10.
1981. --- and M. U. Shadab. New species and records of Neotropical Gnaphosidae
(Arachnida, Araneae). Ibid., vol. 170, pp. 189-196, figs. 1-24.
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1981. Forster, R. R. and ---. A textricellid spider from Chile (Araneae, Textricellidae).
Ibid., vol. 170, pp. 263-270, figs. 1-27.
1981. On the spider genus Odontodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol.
9, pp. 331-334, figs. 1-4.
1981. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genus Sergiolus (Araneae,
Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2717, pp. 1-41, figs. 1-108, maps 1-8.
1981. Widespread taxa and biogeographic congruence. In Funk, V. A., and D. Brooks
(eds.), Advances in cladistics: Proceedings of the first meeting of the Willi Hennig Society,
pp. 223-227, figs. 1-7.
1982. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Drassyllus
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 173, pp. 1-97, figs. 1-281,
maps 1-41.
1982. --- and G. Pass. On a new Guatemalan Pseudocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei).
Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2733, pp. 1-6, figs. 1-6.
1982. --- and R. R. Forster. On the Micromygalinae, a new subfamily of mygalomorph
spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae). Ibid., no. 2734, pp. 1-13, figs. 1-28.
1982. [Review of] Evolution: Genesis and revelations, with readings from Empedocles to
Wilson, by C. L. Harris. Syst. Zool., vol. 31, pp. 104-105.
1982. --- and G. Nelson. The purposes of biological classification. In Asquith, P. D., and
I. Hacking (eds.), PSA 1978, volume 2: Proceedings of the 1978 biennial meeting of the
Philosophy of Science Association. East Lansing, pp. 117-129.
1982. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2748, pp. 1-38, figs. 1-120.
1982. Defining characters and evolutionary groups. Syst. Zool., vol. 31, pp. 282-284.
1983. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Zelotes
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 174, pp. 97-191, figs. 1-272,
maps 1-22.
1983. A defender of the faith: [Review of] Darwinism defended: A guide to the evolution
controversies, by Michael Ruse. Rec. Publ. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, pp. 6-8.
1983. --- and V. A. Funk (eds.). Advances in cladistics, volume 2: Proceedings of the
second meeting of the Willi Hennig Society. Columbia University Press, x + 218 pp.
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1983. A review of the chilensis group of the spider genus Echemoides (Araneae,
Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2760, pp. 1-18, figs. 1-56.
1983. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Apodrassodes
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Ibid., no. 2763, pp. 1-14, figs. 1-39.
1984. --- and W. C. Sedgwick. A revision of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae,
Mesothelae). Ibid., no. 2781, pp. 1-31, figs. 1-87.
1984. On the male of Doliomalus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 11, pp.
451-452, figs. 1, 2.
1984. On the Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the California Channel Islands. Ibid.,
vol. 11, pp. 453-455, figs. 1-4.
1984. On yet another artificial spider classification: A review. Ibid., vol. 11, pp. 459-461.
1984. Forster, R. R. and ---. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with
notes on the limits of the superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bull. Amer.
Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 178, pp. 1-106, figs. 1-394.
1984. Rock of ages or ages of rocks: [Review of] Scientists confront creationism, edited
by Laurie R. Godfrey. Rec. Publ. Nat. Hist., vol. l, no. 4, pp. 8-l0.
1984. --- and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus
Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2788, pp. 1-9, figs. 1-22.
1984. Nelson, G. and ---. Systematics and evolution. In Ho, Mae-Wan, and Peter T.
Saunders (eds.), Beyond neo-Darwinism: An introduction to the new evolutionary
paradigm. Academic Press, London, pp. 143-158, figs. 1-4.
1984. On the pseudoscorpion-mimicking spider Cheliferoides (Araneae: Salticidae). Jour.
New York Ent. Soc., vol. 92, pp. 169-173, figs. 1-6.
1984. --- and J. A. Murphy. A revision of the spider genera Trachyzelotes and Urozelotes
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2792, pp. 1-30, figs. 1-62.
1984. Nelson, G. and ---. Biogeography. Carolina Biology Readers, no. 119, pp. 1-16,
figs. 1-20.
1984. --- and G. Nelson. Composite areas in vicariance biogeography. Syst. Zool., vol.
33, pp. 328-335, figs. 1-3.
1984. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 1. The family Gallieniellidae (Araneae,
Gnaphosoidea). Amer. Mus. Novitates, no. 2801, pp. 1-17, figs. 1-53.
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1985. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 2. The family Trochanteriidae (Araneae,
Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Platyoides. Ibid., no. 2808, pp. 1-17, figs. 148.
1985. Philosophy and the transformation of cladistics revisited. Cladistics, vol. 1, pp. 8794, figs. 1-3.
1985. [Review of] Annual review of ecology and systematics, volume l5. Ibid., vol. 1, pp.
204-208.
1985. Notes on the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Jour. New York Ent.
Soc., vol. 93, pp. 1073-1081, figs. 1-14.
1985. Forster, R. R. and ---. A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida,
Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol.
181, pp. 1-229, figs. 1-889.
1985. --- and P. A. Goloboff. On the monophyly of the spider suborder Mesothelae
(Arachnida: Araneae). Jour. New York Ent. Soc., vol. 93, pp. 1265-1270, figs. 1-4.
1985. [Review of] The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, by Michael J. Roberts. Ibid.,
vol. 93, pp. 1279-1280.
1985. On the Chilean spiders of the family Palpimanidae. Jour. Arachnol., vol. 13, pp.
399-400, figs. 1, 2.
1986. A revision of the spider genus Trochanteria (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bull. British
Arachnol. Soc., vol. 7, pp. 29-33, figs. 1-17.
1986. On justifying cladistics. Cladistics, vol. 2, pp. 83-85.
1986. On the spider genus Oltacloea (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Rev. Arachnol., vol. 7,
pp. 9-14, figs. 1-6.
1986. On the male of Sphodros paisano (Araneae, Atypidae). Jour. Arachnol., vol. 14,
pp. 140-141, figs. 1, 2.
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2007. Bond, Jason E., and ---. A taxonomic review of the trapdoor spider genus
Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae). American Museum
Novitates 3596: pp. 1-30, figs. 1-106.
2008. ---, and D. Ubick. A revision of the endemic California spider genus Titiotus Simon
(Araneae, Tengellidae). American Museum Novitates, no. 3608, pp. 1-34, figs. 1-86,
maps 1-3.
2008. ---, and L. F. García H. Taxonomic notes on Colombia Cryptocellus (Arachnida,
Ricinulei). Journal of Arachnology 36: 145-149.
2008. ---. A new subterranean ground spider genus from Western Australia (Araneae:
Trochanteriidae). Invertebrate Systematics 22: 295-299.
2008. Grismado, C. J., and ---. Review of the southern South American spider genus
Platnickia (Araneae, Zodariidae). American Museum Novitates, no. 3625, pp. 1-19, figs.
1-78, maps 1-2.
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2008. --- and N. Dupérré. A new species of the spider genus Notsodipus (Araneae:
Lamponidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24:
349-350.
2008. --- and P. Jäger. On the first Asian spiders of the family Caponiidae (Araneae,
Haplogynae), with notes on the African genus Diploglena. American Museum Novitates,
no. 3624, pp. 1-12, figs. 1-34.
2009. ---. Letter to Linnaeus. In Knapp, S., and Q. Wheeler (eds.), Letters to Linnaeus.
Linnean Society of London, pp. 171-184.
2009. ---, and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae,
Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates, no. 3649, pp. 1-43, figs. 1160.
2009. ---. [Review of] Foundations of systematics and biogeography. Systematic Biology
58: 279-281.
2009. ---, and P. Jäger. A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus
Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. ZooKeys 16: 209-215.
2009. Kranz-Baltensperger, Y., ---, & N. Dupérré. A new genus of the spider family
Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from Iran. American Museum Novitates, no. 3656, pp.
1-12, figs. 1-59.
2009. ---, and N. Dupérré. The American goblin spiders of the new genus Escaphiella
(Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 328, pp.
1-151, figs. 1-943.
2009. ---, and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae),
with notes on Oonops. American Museum Novitates, no. 3672, pp. 1-72, figs. 1-410.
2009. A review of the spider genus Tengella (Araneae: Tengellidae). Contributions to
Natural History, vol. 12, pp. 1071-1080.
2010. ---, and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae).
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 332, pp. 1-156, figs. 1-1154,
maps 1-15.
2010. ---, and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Stenoonops and Australoonops
(Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on related taxa. Bulletin of the American Museum of
Natural History, no. 340, pp. 1-111, figs. 1-843.
2010. --- and N. Dupérré. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genera Niarchos and
Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History,
no. 345, pp. 1-120, figs. 1-920.
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2010. Sánchez-Ruiz, A., ---, and N. Dupérré. A new genus of the spider family
Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies. American Museum Novitates,
no. 3705, pp. 1-44, figs. 1-234.
2011. Jiménez, M. L., ---, and N. Dupérré. The haplogyne spider genus Nopsides
(Araneae, Caponiidae), with notes on Amrishoonops. American Museum Novitates, no.
3708, pp. 1-18, figs. 1-84.
2011. ---, and N. Dupérré. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genus Scaphidysderina
(Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Dysderina. American Museum Novitates, no. 3712,
pp. 1-51, figs. 1-300.
2011. ---, N. Dupérré, R. Ott, and Y. Kranz-Baltensperger. The goblin genus Brignolia
(Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 349, pp.
1-131, figs. 1-837.
2011. ---, and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Pescennina (Araneae, Oonopidae).
American Museum Novitates, no. 3716, pp. 1-64, figs. 1-302.
2011. . ---, and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Simonoonops (Araneae,
Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates, no. 3724, pp. 1-30, figs. 1-203.
2011. ---, and N. Dupérré. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genera Paradysderina
and Semidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural
History, no. 364, pp. 1-111, figs. 1-886.
2012. ---, and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part
1. American Museum Novitates, no. 3730, pp. 1-64, figs. 1-461.
2012. ---. The poverty of the phylocode: a reply to de Queiroz and Donoghue. Systematic
Biology 61: 360-361.
2012. ---, N. Abrahim, F. Álvarez-Padilla, D. Andriamalala, B.C. Baehr, L. Baert, A.B.
Bonaldo, A.D. Brescovit, N. Chousou-Polydouri, N. Dupérré, B. Eichenberger, W. Fannes,
E. Gaublomme, R.G. Gillespie, C.J. Grismado, C.E. Griswold, M.S. Harvey, A. Henrard,
G. Hormiga, M.A. Izquierdo, R. Jocqué, Y. Kranz-Baltensperger, C. Kropf, R. Ott, M.J.
Ramírez, R.J. Raven, C.A. Rheims, G.R.S. Ruiz, A.J. Santos, A. Saucedo, P. Sierwald, T.
Szüts, D. Ubick, and X.-P. Wang. Tarsal organ morphology and the phylogeny of goblin
spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on basal genera. American Museum Novitates
no 3736, pp. 1-52, figs. 1-329.
2012. Wheeler, Q.D. et al. [one of 39 authors]. Mapping the biosphere: exploring species
to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity. Systematics and
Biodiversity 10: 1-20.
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2012. ---, N. Dupérré, R. Ott, B. C. Baehr, and Y. Kranz-Baltensperger. The goblin spider
genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1. American Museum Novitates, no. 3741,
pp. 1-43, figs. 1-345.
2012. ---, and N. Dupérré. The Caribbean goblin spider genera Scaphioides and
Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates, no. 3751, pp. 1-62,
figs. 1-425.
2012. ---, N. Dupérré, D. Ubick, and W. Fannes. Got males?: The enigmatic goblin spider
genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates, no. 3756, pp. 1-36,
figs. 1-134.
2012. ---, L. Berniker, and Y. Kranz-Baltensperger. The goblin spider genus
Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates,
no. 3759, pp. 1-32, figs. 1-161.
2013. ---. The information content of taxon names: A reply to de Queiroz and Donoghue.
Systematic Biology 62: 175-176.
2013. ---. Less on homology. Cladistics 29: 10-12.
2013. ---. Reification, matrices, and the interrelationships of goblin spiders (Araneae,
Oonopidae). Zootaxa 3608: 278-280.
2013. ---, N. Dupérré, and L. Berniker. The goblin spider genera Stenoonops and
Longoonops (Araneae: Oonopidae) in Cuba and the Virgin Islands. Entomologica
Americana 118: 34-43, figs. 1-5.
2013. ---, N. Dupérré, L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. The goblin spider genera
Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, and Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the
American Museum of Natural History 373: 1-102, figs. 1-677.
2013. ---, L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. The South American goblin spider genera
Dysderina and Tridysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3771: 152, figs. 1-367.
2013. ---. Foreword. In Penney, D. (ed.), Spider Research in the 21st Century: trends &
perspectives. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-15.
2013. Ott, R., ---, L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. Basibulbus, a hard-bodied, haplogyne
spider genus from Chile (Araneae, Dysderoidea). American Museum Novitates 3775: 120, figs. 1-141.
2013. ---, and L. Berniker. The soft-bodied goblin spiders of the new genus Noonops
(Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3776: 1-8, figs. 1-346.
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2013; ---, and R. J. Raven. Spider systematics: Past and future. Zootaxa 3683: 595-600.
2013. Baehr, B. C., and ---. New species and records of the molycriine group spider
genus Wydundra (Araneae: Prodidomidae) from northern Australia. Memoirs of the
Queensland Museum – Nature 58: 95-105.
2013. ---, L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. The South American goblin spiders of the new
genera Pseudodysderina and Tinadysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum
Novitates 3787: 1-43.
2013. ---, and L. Berniker. The goblin spider genus Oonopoides in North and Central
America (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3788: 1-38.
2013. Bolzern, A., and ---. The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Varioonops
(Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3791: 1-66.
2014. ---, L. Berniker, and C. Víquez. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae,
Oonopidae), part 2: the Costa Rican fauna. American Museum Novitates 3794: 1-75.
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SERVICE TO SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
Professional Organizations
Member, Committee on Systematic Collections, American Arachnological Society,
1973-1975
Member, Nominations Committee, American Arachnological Society, 1973-1975
Trustee, New York Entomological Society, 1975-1976
Chairman, Committee on Honorary Members, Society of Systematic Zoology,
1975-1984
Membership Secretary, American Arachnological Society, 1976-present
Member, Program Committee, Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch,
1978
Member, Council, Willi Hennig Society, 1983-1984, 1985-1987, 1989-1990, 1993present
Member, Council, Society of Systematic Zoology, 1984-1986
Vice President, Centre International de Documentation Arachnologique, 1986-1989
President, Willi Hennig Society, 1990-1992
Co-Chair, Steering Committee, Systematics Agenda 2000, 1991-1997
Member, Editorial Committee, Systematics Agenda 2000, 1991-1997
Member, Global Biodiversity Assessment Workshop, United Nations Environmental
Programme, 1994
President, Centre International de Documentation Arachnologique, 1995-1998
Member, Species Selection Workshop, International Union for the Conservation of
Nature Sampled Red List Index, 2005
Journals
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Arachnology, 1974-2013
Member, Editorial Board, Curator, 1976-1977
Review Editor, Systematic Zoology, 1976-1982
Member, Editorial Board, Colemania, 1981-1982
Member, Editorial Board, Insect Systematics & Evolution (formerly Entomologica
Scandinavica), 1983-present
Editor, Cladistics: The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society, 1984-1987
Member, Editorial Board, Cimbebasia, 1988-present
Member, Editorial Board, Cladistics: The International Journal of the Willi Hennig
Society, 1988-present
Member, Editorial Board, Biogeographica: Compte Rendu des Séances de la
Société de Biogéographie, 1989-2006
Member, Editorial Board, Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences Naturelles de
Belgique. Série Entomologie, 1990-present
Member, Editorial Board, Annales Zoologici, 1992-present
Member, Editorial Board, Memórias do Instituto Butantan, 1994-present
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins, 1995-present
Member, Editorial Board, Acta Arachnologica Sinica, 1995-present
Member, Comité Scientifique, Zoosystema (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle,
Paris), 1997-present
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Member, Editorial Board, Vestnik Zoologii (Kiev, Ukraine), 1997-present
Member, Editorial Board, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 2001-present
Member, Comité Cientifico, Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 2004-present
Member, Editorial Board, Entomologica Americana, 2009-present
Member, Editorial Board, Turkish Journal of Zoology, 2009-present
Popularization of Science
Bason, Lillian. 1974. Spiders. National Geographic Society, 32 pp. (editorial
consultant, children's book).
Platnick, Norman I. 1975. The fallacies, phobias, and fascination of spiders.
Animal Kingdom, vol. 78, pp. 20-26.
Lexau, J. M. 1979. The spider makes a web. Scholastic Book Services, 40 pp.
(editorial consultant, children's book).
The Golden Book of Insects and Spiders. 1989. Western Publishing Co. (editorial
consultant, children's book).
Platnick, Norman I. 1995. An abundance of spiders! Natural History 104(3): 5052.
Platnick, Norman I. 1995. Tarantulas are spiders. Mondo Publ. (children’s book)
Platnick, Norman I. 2003. How many legs? Mondo Publ. (children’s book)
Teaching
Member, Graduate Committee, Ms. Iris Goldfarb, City University of New York,
1975-1978
Member, Graduate Committee, Mr. John Kochalka, University of Vermont, 19771979
Member, Graduate Committee, Mr. George Engelmann, Columbia University, 1978
Member, Graduate Committee, Mr. Kurt Johnson, City University of New York,
1978-1981
Professor, Seminar in Zoogeography, City University of New York, 1980-1981,
1988
Supervisor, CSIRO [Australia] postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Robert J. Raven, 1983
Major Professor, Ms. Bonnie Bain, City University of New York, 1986-1992 (Ph.D.
awarded)
Supervisor, AMNH Kalbfleish postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Charles E. Griswold,
1987-1988
Major Professor, Mr. Priyantha Wijesinghe, City University of New York, 1987-1992
(Ph.D. awarded)
Major Professor, Mr. Pablo Goloboff, Cornell University, 1989-1994 (Ph.D.
awarded)
Member, Graduate Committee, Mr. Gundmundur Gudmundsson, City University of
New York, 1989
Major Professor, Mr. Kefyn Catley, Cornell University, 1991-1996 (Ph.D. awarded)
Supervisor, AMNH postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Vladimir Ovtsharenko, 1993-2000
Major Professor, Ms. Diana Silva, Cornell University, 1994-2001 (Ph.D. awarded)
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Major Professor, Mr. Xin Ping Wang, Cornell University, 1994-2001 (Ph.D.
awarded)
Supervisor, AMNH postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Bernhard Huber, 1998-2000
Supervisor, AMNH postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Martín Ramírez, 1999-2001
Supervisor, NSF postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Kimberly Russell, 2002-2005
Major Professor, Ms. Joyce Fassbender, City University of New York, 2002-2008
(resigned from program)
Supervisor, NSF and Swiss-funded postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Matthias Burger, 20062011
Grants
Spider Biogeography in Western South America, Eppley Foundation for Research,
1981-1982 (field work in Chile, $15,500)
Biogeography of Chilean Spiders, National Science Foundation (Biological
Research Resources), 1984-1986 (field work in Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, New
Caledonia, and Australia, $53,326)
Systematics and Biogeography of Chilean Spiders, National Science Foundation
(Systematic Biology), 1984-1989 (research, $110,000)
Curatorial Support for Entomological Collections (with R. T. Schuh), National
Science Foundation (Biological Research Resources), 1989-1992 (facilities grant,
$653,020)
Cataloging Spider Biodiversity, National Science Foundation (Biological Research
Resources), 1990-1993 (literature cataloging, $53,606)
Systematics, Phylogenetics, and Biogeography of New Caledonian Spiders,
National Geographic Society, 1990-1993 (field work in New Caledonia, $16,400)
Gnaphosid Spiders of Israel (with Y. D. Lubin), United States-Israel Binational
Science Foundation, 1990-1993 (support for Israeli colleagues, $142,300)
Insect and Arachnid Biodiversity in Southern South America (with R. T. Schuh),
National Science Foundation (Systematic Biology), 1991-1995 (field work in Chile and
Argentina, $244,650)
Molecular Phylogeny of Spider Families (with W. C. Wheeler and R. DeSalle),
National Science Foundation (Systematic Biology), 1992-1994 (research, $25,000)
Arthropod Collection Improvement (with R. T. Schuh and J. M. Carpenter), National
Science Foundation (Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology), 1994-1996
(facilities grant, $425,000)
Spider Biodiversity: A World Catalog, National Science Foundation (Biotic Surveys
and Inventories), 1995-2000 (literature cataloging, $86,889)
Biodiversity of Australasian Ground Spiders, National Science Foundation (PEET -Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy), 1995-2000 (research, $571,047)
Biodiversity of Australian Ground Spiders, Australian Biological Resources Study,
1996-1998 (research, $26,117)
Acquisition of a New Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive
Spectrometry System at the American Museum of Natural History (with W. K. Barnett and
E. A. Mathez), National Science Foundation (Major Research Instrumentation), 1997-1998
(equipment purchase, $374,430)
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A Neural Network Based Automated Identification System for Biological Species
(with K. N. Russell), National Science Foundation (Instrumentation Development for
Environmental Activities), 2001-2004 (research, $796,818)
A Monograph of, and Automated Identification Systems for, the Australasian
Ground Spiders of the Family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) (with B. Baehr),
Australian Biological Resources Study, 2002-2005 (research, Aus. $75,000)
PBI: Collaborative Research: The Megadiverse, Microdistributed Spider Family
Oonopidae. National Science Foundation (Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories), 20062011 (research, $2,063,742)
Honors
Fellow, California Academy of Sciences, 2001
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003
Honorary Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London, 2005
Foreign Member, Linnean Society of London, 2006
Pierre Bonnet Award for Devoted Service to the Advancement of Arachnology,
International Society of Arachnology, 2007
Lectures (* denotes an invited lecture)
l.
On the validity of Haplogynae as a taxonomic grouping in spiders. Sixth
International Arachnological Congress, Amsterdam, l974.
2. Scanning electron microscopy in spider systematics. American Arachnological
Society, Lynchburg, Virginia, l974.
3. The systematist as detective: Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography
of the spider subfamily Laroniinae. American Arachnological Society, Warrensburg,
Missouri, l975.
* 4. Drifting spiders or continents?: Theory and methods of vicariance biogeography.
Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, l976.
* 5. The suborders of spiders: A cladistic analysis. American Arachnological Society,
San Francisco, l976.
* 6. Theory and methods of phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography.
North Carolina State Department of Mental Health Research Division, Raleigh, l976.
* 7. The suborders of spiders: A cladistic analysis. Systematics Discussion Group,
American Museum of Natural History, New York, l976.
* 8. The suborders of spiders: A cladistic analysis. State Univ. of New York, Stony
Brook, l976.
* 9.
The suborders of spiders: A cladistic analysis. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, l976.
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* l0. Theory and methods of vicariance biogeography. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs,
l976.
* ll.
Theory and methods of phylogenetic systematics. Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
l977.
* l2. Theory and methods of vicariance biogeography. Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
l977.
* l3. A method of analysis for historical biogeography. Queens College, City Univ. of
New York, l977.
* l4. The hypochiloid spiders: A cladistic analysis. American Arachnological Society,
Cullowhee, North Carolina, l977.
l5. The hypochiloid spiders: A cladistic analysis. Seventh International Arachnological
Congress, Exeter, England, l977.
* l6. Phylogenetics and distribution: Toward a scientific biogeography. Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, l977.
* l7. A method of analysis for historical biogeography. Entomological Society of
America, Washington, D.C., l977.
l8. A dual cladistic analysis of Anapis. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville,
l978.
* l9.
The suborders of spiders, or, what is cladistics? Cornell Univ., Ithaca, l978.
* 20. Patterns in historical biogeography, or, what is vicariance? Cornell Univ., Ithaca,
l978.
* 2l. Concepts of biogeographic relationship. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook,
l978.
* 22. The purposes of biological classification. Philosophy of Science Association, San
Francisco, l978.
* 23. Concepts of biogeographic relationship. California Academy of Sciences, San
Francisco, l978.
* 24. Philosophy and the transformation of cladistics. Society of Systematic Zoology,
Richmond, l978.
* 25. The progression rule or progress beyond rules in biogeography. Vicariance
Biogeography Symposium, American Museum, l979.
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* 26. Genetic data and natural classification. Thirteenth Annual Numerical Taxonomy
Conference, Cambridge, Mass., l979.
* 27. Cladistics and natural classification. Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, l979.
* 28. Vicariance and biogeographic regions. Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, l979.
* 29. Cladistics and natural classification. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, l979.
* 30. Vicariance and biogeographic regions. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, l979.
* 3l. Cladistics and natural classification. California Academy of Sciences, San
Francisco, l980.
32. On the phylogeny of Ricinulei. Eighth International Arachnological Congress,
Vienna, l980.
* 33. Spider biogeography: Past, present, and future. Eighth International
Arachnological Congress, Vienna, l980.
* 34. Phenetics, cladistics, and macroevolution. Conference on macroevolution,
Chicago, l980.
* 35. Cladistics and natural classification. Biosystematics Research Institute, Ottawa,
l98l.
* 36. Cladistics and natural classification. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, l98l.
* 37. Spider biogeography: Past, present, and future. Univ. of Maryland, l982.
* 38. Philosophy and the transformation of cladistics revisited. Willi Hennig Society,
College Park, Maryland, l982.
* 39. Prediction and information content in classification. Entomological Society of
America, Toronto, l982.
40. The limits of the spider superfamily Palpimanoidea, or what is an araneoid?
American Arachnological Society, Athens, Ohio, 1983.
41. The limits of the spider superfamily Palpimanoidea. or what is an araneoid? Ninth
International Arachnological Congress, Panama, 1983.
* 42. Cladistics. Universite des Sciences, Montpellier, 1984.
* 43. Biogeography. Cornell University, Ithaca, 1984.
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* 44. Brands of systematics. Cornell University, Ithaca, 1984.
45. On the spider family Gallieniellidae. American Arachnological Society, New
Orleans, 1984.
* 46. Classification and cladistics. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 1984.
* 47. Characters and cladistics. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 1984.
* 48. Spider classification: Examples of cladistics. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica,
Beijing, 1984.
* 49. Competing schools of systematics. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing,
1984.
* 50. Cladistics and biogeography. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 1984.
* 51. Cladistics and paleontology. Institute of Paleontology, Academia Sinica, Beijing,
1984.
* 52. Competing schools of systematics. Institute of Entomology, Academia Sinica,
Shanghai, 1984.
* 53. Information and congruence estimates. Contemporary Issues in Systematics
symposium, London, 1984.
* 54. Spider biogeography: Past, present, and future. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, 1985.
55. On the tibial and patellar glands of Leptonetidae. American Arachnological Society,
St. Charles, Missouri, l986.
56. On the tibial and patellar glands of Leptonetidae. Tenth International
Arachnological Congress, Jaca, Spain, 1986.
* 57. An empirical comparison of microcomputer parsimony programs. Willi Hennig
Society, New York, 1987.
* 58. Brands of systematics. University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1987.
* 59. Brands of systematics. CSIRO, Canberra, 1987.
* 60. Brands of systematics. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 1987.
* 61. Brands of systematics. University of Western Australia, Perth, 1987.
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* 62. Brands of systematics. Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987.
* 63. Brands of systematics. The Australian Museum, Sydney, 1987.
* 64. Brands of systematics. Univ. of Guelph, Ontario, 1988.
* 65. Current problems in spider biogeography. Cornell Univ., 1988.
* 66. An empirical comparison of microcomputer parsimony programs, part II. Willi
Hennig Society, Stockholm, Sweden, 1988.
* 67. An empirical comparison of microcomputer parsimony programs, part II.
Systematics Discussion Group, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1988.
* 68. Brands of systematics. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1989.
* 69. On the distribution and relationships of some southern hemisphere spiders.
Eleventh International Arachnological Congress, Turku, Finland, 1989.
* 70. Concepts of diversity. Symposium on the Role of Museums in the Biodiversity
Crisis, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1990.
* 71. An empirical comparison of microcomputer parsimony programs, part III. Willi
Hennig Society, Canberra, Australia, 1990.
* 72. On areas of endemism. Willi Hennig Society, Canberra, Australia, 1990.
* 73. Spinneret morphology, successive weighting, and spider phylogeny. Dept. of
Entomology, Cornell University, 1991.
* 74. Three-taxon statements: A more precise use of parsimony? Bailey Hortotium,
Cornell University, 1991.
* 75. The araneomorph spider fauna of New Caledonia. Pacific Science Congress,
Honolulu, 1991.
76. Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of haplogyne spiders. American
Arachnological Society, Univ. of Mississippi, 1991.
* 77. Chilean spiders and molecular systematics. British Arachnological Society,
Liverpool, 1992.
* 78. Progress in spider phylogenetics: Morphology and molecules. 14th European
Colloquium of Arachnology, Catania, Italy, 1993.
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* 79. On Brucharachne, the spider that wasn't. American Arachnological Society, Univ.
of Florida, 1994.
80. Congruence, three-taxon statements, and weighting. Willi Hennig Society,
Copenhagen, 1994.
81. Dimensions of biodiversity: Targeting mega-diverse groups. Symposium "The
Living Planet in Crisis," New York, 1995.
82. On Brucharachne, the spider that wasn't. XIII International Congress of
Arachnology, Geneva, 1995.
* 83. Biodiversity and systematics. Symposium "Biodiversity, Systematics, and
Conservation," Washington DC, 1996.
* 84. The limits of the Lamponidae. Symposium "Higher Classification of Spiders," XIV
International Congress of Arachnology, Chicago, 1998.
* 85. Ground spiders down under: tackling a megadiverse group. Cornell Univ., Ithaca,
1999.
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