Checklists in Asia
Links to open-source checklists of Asian spiders.
China
India
Indonesia
Israel
Japan
Korea
Laos
- Jäger, Nophaseud & Praxaysombath 2012 Spiders from Laos with description of a new species and new records (Arachnida: Araneae)
- Jäger & Praxaysombath 2011 Spiders from Laos with forty-three new records and first results from the provinces Bolikhamsay and Champasak (Arachnida: Araneae)
- Jäger & Praxaysombath 2009 Spiders from Laos: new species and new records (Arachnida: Araneae)
- Jäger 2007 Spiders from Laos with descriptions of new species (Arachnida: Araneae)
Malaysia
- Dzulhelmi et al 2016 Spiders of Sabah: Fifty new records including the description of a new Leucauge species
- Koh, Norma-Rashid 2013 & Koh A Preliminary Checklist of Sarawak Spiders
- Norma-Rashid & Li 2009 A Checklist of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Peninsular Malaysia Inclusive of Twenty New Records
Nepal
Singapore
Vietnam
Checklists can serve as a window to the biodiversity of a specified locality, and an input to the distribution of a particular species. However, readers are advised to exercise critical thinking in using the information.
First, the accuracy of species identification work is uneven. In some checklists, species may be misidentified, but the published names are unverifiable.
Second, no checklist can claim to be “complete”, as all have a limited “shelf-life” and will need constant updating, even in countries where spiders have been thoroughly studied by experts.
