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Genus Araneus


A hundred new species of American spiders
By Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W.
Bulletin of the University of Utah, 1942
Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. (1942a). A hundred new species of American spiders. Bulletin of the University of Utah 32(13): 1-117.
http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/2647

Order Araneae Clerck, 1757. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
By Dunlop J.A., Penney D.
Zootaxa 3148: 149–153, 2011

Canadian spider diversity and systematics
By Bennett R.
Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 18: 16-27, 1999

The spider fauna of the Upper Cayuga Lake Basin
By Nathan Banks
Academy of Natural Sciences, 1892
Source: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 44 (1892), pp. 11-81

PDF available here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4061845

Spiders of the Carolinas
By L.L. Gaddy
Kollath+Stensaas Publishing, 2009
A handy field guide to 100 of our most common and interesting spiders.

A Revision of the American Spiders of the Genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)
By Platnick, Norman I. & Mohammad U. Shadab
American Museum Novitates, 2916: 1-64, 1988

Description of five new spiders from Canada (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
By Nadine Dupérré & Pierre Paquin
Zootaxa 1632: 1-20, 2007
Not currently freely available online.

Descriptions of new American and Chinese spiders, with notes on other Chinese species
By Ralph V. Chamberlin
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63(13): 1-38, 1924