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Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Robert Bosmans, Ambros Hänggi, Christian Kropf & Anna Stäubli


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Recent updates (show all)

21-12-2024 - Gallery update: Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)

21-12-2024 - Gallery update: Runcinia grammica (C. L. Koch, 1837)

21-12-2024 - Gallery update: Gnaphosa lucifuga (Walckenaer, 1802)

21-12-2024 - Distribution update: Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836)

21-12-2024 - Distribution update: Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)

21-12-2024 - Figure(s) added: Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841)

21-12-2024 - Distribution update: Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841)

20-12-2024 - Distribution update: Allocosa tarentulina (Audouin, 1826)

20-12-2024 - Distribution update: Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)

20-12-2024 - Distribution update: Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772)

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News

15-09-2024
Spiders of Europe covers now 5739 species with 56111 figures, 7388 photos and 4053 references.

01-08-2024
Daniel Gloor left the editorial group. Thank you Daniel, you gave Spiders of Europe its present form and were a stroke of luck for us.

15-01-2022
In 2021 more than 400 sessions per day.

30-10-2019
Harald Løvbrekke contributed meanwhile drawings for more than 500 species. Thank you very much!

22-10-2019
Robert Bosmans becomes a new editor of araneae - Spiders of Europe. Welcome to the team!

08-09-2019
The database comprises now species and distribution data from 5 North African countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea (thanks to Rop Bosmans).

26-05-2018
araneae - Spiders of Europe changed domain from unibe.ch to nmbe.ch.

04-07-2017
Launch of the redesigned website.

26-11-2015
SPIDOnet.gr - Spiders of Greece module online (link).

30-10-2015
Biodiversity module online (number of species, family overview and exportable country lists).