Since the first supplement in 1993 38 species are recorded as new to Switzerland. 14 species are recorded here for the first time for Switzerland: Enoplognatha oelandica (Thorell, 1875); Theridion hemerobium Simon, 1914; Diplocephalus crassilobus (Simon, 1884); Diplocephalus pavesii Pesarini, 1996; Linyphia tenuipalpis Simon, 1884; Porrhomma cambridgei merrett, 1994; Porrhomma rosenhaueri (L.Koch, 1872); Pachygnatha terilis Thaler,1991; Hahnia candida Simon, 1975; Cryptodrassus hungaricus (Balogh, 1935); Zelotes devotus Grimm, 1982; Zelotes hermani (Chyzer, 1897); Zelotes tenuis (L.Koch, 1866); Tmarus stellio Simon, 1875. 24 species were published in other papers and are listed here only to complete the catalogue: Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876; Robertus kuehnae Bauchhenss & Uhlenhaut, 1993; Centromerus capucinus (Simon, 1884); Diplocephalus dentatus Tullgren, 1955; Lepthyphantes arenicola Denis, 1964; Lepthyphantes insignis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1913); Lessertia dentichelis (Simon, 1884); Maro lepidus Casemir, 1961; Prinerigone vagans (Audouin, 1826); Pseudomaro aenigmaticus Denis, 1966; Silometopus bonessi Casemir, 1970; Acantholycosa norvegica (Thorell, 1872); Acantholycosa rupicola (Dufour, 1820); Pardosa alacris (C.L.Koch, 1933); Pardosa baehrorum Kronestedt, 1999; Pardosa saltans Töpfer-Hofmann im Druck; Altella biuncata (Miller, 1949); Agroeca inopina O.P.-Cambridge, 1886; Clubiona pseudoneglecta Wunderlich, 1994; Zodarion italicum (Canestrini, 1868); Synaphosus sauvage Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994; Zora parallela Simon, 1878; Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875; Ozyptila pullata (Thorell, 1875). 4 species have to be deleted from the catalogue: Diplocephalus foraminifer (O.P.-Cambridge, 1875); Diplocephalus aff. procer (Simon, 1884) sensu Thaler (1972); Acantholycosa pyrenaea (Simon, 1876); Zodarion gallicum (Simon, 1873). The actual number of known species in Switzerland is 926.

Heliophanus lineiventris Simon, 1868, new to Germany (Araneae, Salticidae)

Pseudeuophrys browningi (Millidge & Locket, 1955) (Araneae: Salticidae) new to Germany and Enoplognatha caricis (FICKERT, 1876) (Araneae: Theridiidae) new to Brandenburg (Germany)

First record of Trichoncus auritus (L. Koch, 1869) (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Erigoninae) from Germany

First record of Dipoena nigroreticulata (Simon, 1879) in Germany (Araneae, Theridiidae)

Pardosa fulvipes (Araneae, Lycosidae) new to Slovakia

The arachnofaunistic exploration of the German Alps is still in process. Recent investigations in supalpine and alpine habitats of Bavaria yielded 13 species new to Germany. For 5 taxa the collecting sites are reported, together with comments on general distribution and ecology. Cryphoeca lichenum nigerrima is a locally-endemic relict, which probably has survived glaciation on the nunatak system. Its distribution area is restricted to few mountain-ranges in the Northern Calcareous Alps, comprisin less than 2500 qkm. Two species, Erigone cristatopalpus und Talavera monticola, are endemic to the Alps and adjoining mountains. Micaria aenea shows a boeromontane disjunction. Heliophanus lineiventris is widely distributed in the southern Palearctic.

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The family name Sparassidae is recognized as available and valid according to the rules of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature. Synonymies, diagnoses and descriptions are given for the family, subfamily, type genus and type species. The type species of Sparassus is assigned. Sparassus is synonymised with Micrommata.

The first rhinoceros of the post-roman era reached Europe in 1513. Albrecht Dürer, who had not seen the animal himself, made a woodcut that contained several odd features. This woodcut determined the appearance of rhinocerus for the next two centuries. - The first reports on the food of Eresus sp., citing tiger beetles and dung-beetles as principal prey items, had a somewhat similar fate, i.e. they were accepted as facts for more than half a century. - The present study, performed in Valais, Switzerland, shows E. cinnaberinus to have a much broader prey spectrum: Beetles, half of them carabids, constitued 42%, ants 36%, other insects 17%; 3% were made up by arthropods other than insects. No tiger beetles or dung-beetles were found. - It can be concluded that even numerous repetitions in textbooks may not reflect the true story.

In 1995 a fire in a pine forest in the Odenwald (Baden-Württemberg) in South-West Germany burned for about one day. In the subsequent years after the fire the resettlement of the burned pine forest by harvestmen was observed. A neighbouring spruce thickening and a beech forest were chosen as reference points. As early as the third year after the fire the harvestmen communities of the burned pine forest and the other forests resembled each other very strongly. However the communities of the burned pine forest and spruce thickening were more similar than those of the burned pine forest and beech forest. The occurence of hygrophilous species on the open burned pine forest is explained by waterthawing processes and lower evaporation.