Argyrodes projiciens, female - Rhomphaea projiciens

5mm length

I happened to find this one in my collection. A vial had been double-stuffed. 5mm.

… Joe Lapp, 13 July, 2010 - 11:57pm

When I contacted them in January 2006

the response I got was that a 2nd edition, with more species and corrections as needed was already in the works. Don't know where the process of a second edition is at this time, however.

… john and jane balaban, 25 June, 2010 - 9:04am

> Spiders of the Eastern United States mistakenly labels
> a picture of Rhomphaea projiciens as Rhomphaea fictilium (p. 105).

Aha! Interesting. I had already written to Mike Howell about the Castianeira gertschi specimen on page 263, which is mistakenly labeled as C. amoena. He wrote back and hinted that they "also missed a couple other ones".

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 June, 2010 - 2:34am

Yep

Sounds like Hank Guarisco is identifying at least 14 errors so far in that book (I probably should have waited and let Joe tell us that, but I couldn't help it, haha). I've always wondered about a lot of the images and info in that book and have been taking it all with a grain of salt (and always using a second opinion). There's kind of a "disclaimer" on the bottom of page 4 that sort of hints the idea that, well... I guess you can read for yourself.

… Mandy Howe, 25 June, 2010 - 3:15am

Publisher's web site?

Can anyone find the publisher's web site page for this book? It is my understanding that the publishers were made aware of the errors during the review period for the book, so they should have made an errata page available. I've asked Hank for some text enumerating the corrections and suitable for posting on BugGuide.

… Joe Lapp, 25 June, 2010 - 8:51am

Pearson Education...

...is the publisher. The website is: http://www.pearsoned.com/. But I've been on the site for a few minutes now and can't figure out how to get to info on this book.

… Mandy Howe, 25 June, 2010 - 8:59am

Google can't find it either

Google can't find a page for the book on any search-engine reachable part of the publisher's site. A search for "amoena" and "Spiders of the Eastern United States" suggests that no errata page exists for the book anywhere on the net. I think this is irresponsible on the part of the publisher.

… Joe Lapp, 25 June, 2010 - 10:08am

I agree

I wonder if they really are working on a 2nd edition as the Balabans mentioned above?

… Mandy Howe, 25 June, 2010 - 10:28am

Errata page

He or someone else should put together an errata sheet as a Web page for the book.

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 June, 2010 - 4:14am

I totally agree

I wonder, do you think the book's authors have to consent to an errata page?

… Mandy Howe, 25 June, 2010 - 4:22am

No, I don't see why that woul

No, I don't see why that would be necessary, as long as it's clear who the author of the errata page is.

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 June, 2010 - 4:31am

Haha...

So Howell and Jenkins can track them down and beat them up? Haha. (Just kidding.) ;)

… Mandy Howe, 25 June, 2010 - 4:35am

Not to fear; I think that they both are/were a couple of nice guys. (See here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/416315)

-K

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 June, 2010 - 5:13am

Ouch

I regret my last joke. It now seems uncalled for and my face is red over it (and my heart heavy). Jenkins was so young. Thank you for posting that, Kevin.

… Mandy Howe, 25 June, 2010 - 5:26am

Ach, not worry -- your comment was meant to be taken lightheartedly and you couldn't have known.

… Kevin Pfeiffer, 25 June, 2010 - 5:54am

Thank you, Kevin

That made me feel a lot better. I needed that!

… Mandy Howe, 25 June, 2010 - 10:29am

Moved

Moved from ID Request. Can you look through these and these and see if there are any more of your species?

… john and jane balaban, 24 June, 2010 - 9:38am

I added Joe's male and female to the info page...

...as voucher specimens. Lynette mentioned to me that she has been working on trying to make sure as many species have voucher specimens as possible. Just thought I'd save her a bit of work.

… Mandy Howe, 24 June, 2010 - 11:56pm