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Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Robert Bosmans, Ambros Hänggi, Christian Kropf & Anna Stäubli
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11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Zora spinimana (Sundevall, 1833)
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Zora silvestris Kulczyński, 1897
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Zora parallela Simon, 1878
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Zora nemoralis (Blackwall, 1861)
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Zora armillata Simon, 1878
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Micaria tripunctata Holm, 1978
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Micaria subopaca Westring, 1861
11-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Micaria silesiaca L. Koch, 1875
05-01-2026 - Figure(s) added: Haplodrassus umbratilis (L. Koch, 1866)
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26-01-2025
Spiders of Europe covers now 5775 species with 57452 figures, 7411 photos and 4156 references.
01-11-2024
Anna Stäubli becomes a new editor of araneae - Spiders of Europe. Welcome to the team!
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).