Citation

This catalog should be cited as follows:

Pantini P., Isaia M. (2019). Araneae.it: the online Catalog of Italian spiders with addenda on other Arachnid Orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica, 51(2): 127-152. Online at www.araneae.it, accessed on {date of access}.

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