A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus
We are much obliged to the following people, who pointed out/supplied literature or made helpful comments on this project:
Ronny Bischof (Görlitz), Theo Blick (Hummeltal), Victor Fet, Peter Jäger (Frankfurt), Lars Jonsson (Kristianstad), Mykola Kovblyuk (Simferopol), Dmitri Logunov, Yuri Marusik (Magadan), Christoph Muster (Leipzig), Vera Pkhakadze (Tbilisi), A. Ponomarev, Peter Schmidt (Tharandt), Shamil Shetekauri (Tbilisi), Andrei Tanasevitch, and Konrad Thaler.
For help in the initial phase of database-programming and mapping we thank Aloys Staudt for helpful comments and inspirations.
Elisabeth Müller (Jena) kindfully allowed us to use her Logo depicting Kasbek Mt., a caucasian tower and the Caucasus-lily (Lilium monadelphum).
"... a thorough collecting of Arachnids in Transcaucasia would yield a magnificent prey because, namely in spiders, an astonishing richness in both individuals and species made itself noticeable." L. Koch (1878)