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Robb Bennett

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Affiliation: BC Ministry of Forests
Position: Entomologist (Cone & Seed Insects)
Work Address: BC Ministry of Forests
7380 Puckle Road
Saanichton, British Columbia
V8M 1W4
Work Phone: (250) 652-6593
Email: Robb.Bennett(at)gov.bc.ca
Fax: (250) 652-4204
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Present Work: RTA clade taxonomy & systematics. BC spiders - database, rare & endangered spiders, collaboration on various diversity projects. Medical mythology. Collaboration with research of BC graduate students Maxence Salomon, Laurie Marczak, Samantha Vibert. On-going curation of RTA clade spider holdings in Canadian National Collection. Drafting various family chapters in Spiders of North America.
Robb Bennett

Publications

Publications on spiders or related subjects

THESIS & DISSERTATION

  1. Bennett, R. G. 1984. The systematics and natural history of the spider genus Wadotes (Araneae, Agelenidae), 116 p. Cullowhee, North Carolina: Western Carolina University. Thesis.
  2. Bennett, R. G. 1991. The systematics of the North American cybaeid spiders (Araneae, Dictynoidea, Cybaeidae), 308 p. + 2 appendices. Guelph, Ontario: University of Guelph. Dissertation.

PUBLICATIONS (refereed)- alphabetical by author, most recent first

  1. Bennett, R. G. in press(a). Cybaeidae. In: (Ubick, D., P. E. Cushing, P. Paquin, and N. Dupérré, eds.) Spiders of North America: an Identification Guide. American Arachnological Society.
  2. Bennett, R. G. in press (b). Dictynidae. In: (Ubick, D., P. E. Cushing, P. Paquin, and N. Dupérré, eds.) Spiders of North America: an Identification Guide. American Arachnological Society.
  3. Bennett, R. G. in press (c). Hahniidae. In: (Ubick, D., P. E. Cushing, P. Paquin, and N. Dupérré, eds.) Spiders of North America: an Identification Guide. American Arachnological Society.
  4. Bennett, R. G. in press (d). Ontogeny, variation, and synonymy in North American Cybaeus spiders (Araneae: Cybaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist.
  5. Bennett, R. G. in press (e). Zoridae. In: (Ubick, D., P. E. Cushing, P. Paquin, and N. Dupérré, eds.) Spiders of North America: an Identification Guide. American Arachnological Society.
  6. Bennett, R. G. 2001. Spiders (Araneae) and araneology in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 98:85-92.
  7. Bennett, R. G. 1992. The spermathecal pores of spiders with special reference to dictynoids and amaurobioids (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Araneoclada). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 123:1-21.
  8. Bennett, R. G. 1989. Emerit's glands in Cybaeota (Araneae, Agelenidae). Journal of Arachnology, 17(2):225-235.
  9. Bennett, R. G. 1988. The spider genus Cybaeota (Araneae, Agelenidae). Journal of Arachnology, 16(1):103-119.
  10. Bennett, R. G. 1987. Systematics and natural history of the genus Wadotes (Araneae, Agelenidae). Journal of Arachnology, 15(1):91-128.
  11. Bennett, R. G. 1985. Taxonomy and natural history of Cicurina bryantae Exline (Araneae, Agelenidae). Journal of Arachnology 13(1):87-96.
  12. Bennett, R. G. and L. J. Brumwell. 1996. Zora hespera in British Columbia: a new spider family record for Canada (Araneae: Zoridae). Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 93:105-109.
  13. Bennett, R. G. and J. M. Ledford. in press. Telemidae. In: (Ubick, D., P. E. Cushing, P. Paquin, and N. Dupérré, eds.) Spiders of North America: an Identification Guide. American Arachnological Society.
  14. Bennett, R. G. and D. Ubick. in press. Agelenidae. In: (Ubick, D., P. E. Cushing, P. Paquin, and N. Dupérré, eds.) Spiders of North America: an Identification Guide. American Arachnological Society.
  15. Bennett, R. G. and R. S. Vetter. 2004a. An approach to spider bites: Erroneous attribution of dermonecrotic lesions to brown recluse or hobo spider bites in Canada. Canadian Family Physician 50:1098-1101.
  16. Bennett, R. G. and R. S. Vetter. 2004b. Letter to the Editor: Response. Canadian Family Physician 50:1497-1499.
  17. Corrigan, J. E. and R. G. Bennett. 1987. Predation by Cheiracanthium mildei (Araneae, Clubionidae) on larval Phyllonorycter blancardella (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in a greenhouse. Journal of Arachnology, 15(1):132-134.
  18. Coyle, F. A., R. E. Dellinger, and R. G. Bennett. 1992. Retreat architecture and construction behaviour of an East African idiopine trap-door spider (Araneae, Idiopidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9(3):99-104.
  19. Vetter, R. S., A. H. Roe, R. G. Bennett, C. R. Baird, L. A. Royce, W. T. Lanier, A. L. Antonelli, and P. R. Cushing. 2003. Distribution of the medically implicated hobo spider (Araneae: Agelenidae) and a benign congener, Tegenaria duellica, in the United States and Canada. Journal of Medical Entomology 40(2):159-164.

BOOK REVIEWS

  1. Bennett, R. G. 2004. Guide d’identification des Araignées (Araneae) du Québec (by P. Paquin and N. Dupérré). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 36(2):80-81
  2. Bennett, R. G. 2000. Dictionary of Insect Morphology (Handbuch der Zoologie; Bd. 4, Arthropoda: Insecta, Teilbd. 34) (by L. Zombori and H. Steinmann). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 32(4):83-84.
  3. Bennett, R. G. 1995. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1988-1991 with Synonymies and Transfers 1940-1980 (by N. I. Platnick). Journal of Arachnology 23(1):51-54

OTHER TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Bennett, R. G. 2003. Mass dispersal of spiders from a clover field in British Columbia, Canada. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 97:2-5.
  2. Bennett, R. G. 2002a. Spider mass dispersal from a Robson Valley farm field. Boreus (Newsletter of the Entomological Society of British Columbia) 22(2)17-20.
  3. Bennett, R. G. 2002b. Hype and hysteria on the path to enlightenment – A review of current Tegenaria (Araneae: Agelenidae) projects of relevance to Canadian arachnologists. Canadian Arachnologist 3:4-10.
  4. Bennett, R. G. 1999. Canadian spider diversity and systematics. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 18(1):16-27.
  5. Bennett, R. G. 1997. Taxonomy and Identification. p 75-76 in Hall, P. M. and R. G. Bennett (eds.). 1997. Proceedings of the 1997 Western Forest Insect Work Conference. British Columbia Ministry of Forests. 137 p.
  6. Bennett, R. G. and C. Maslovat. 2003. Tegenaria (Araneae, Agelenidae) fact sheet. 4 p. in Invasive Species in Garry Oak and Associated Ecosystems in British Columbia. Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team, Victoria, British Columbia.
  7. Leech, R. E., M. G. Wheeler, R. G. Bennett, and B. Thair. 2003. Attempted and thwarted dispersal of spiders from a field at McBride, BC. Canadian Arachnologist 4:4-7.
  8. Troubridge, J., S. Fitzpatrick, R. G. Bennett, and P. Catling. 1998. Pestiferous and predatory arthropods on an abandoned cranberry farm in British Columbia. Poster presented at Annual General Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada (Quebec City, Quebec, October 1998) and the North American Cranberry Research and Extension Workers Conference (Long Beach, Washington, September 1999).