Gershom Levy

Gershom Levy (1937-2009), Israeli arachnologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

Levy, G. 1977. The philodromid spiders of Israel (Araneae: Philodromidae). Israel Journal of Zoology 26: 193-229. Reference page.

Levy, G. & Amitai, P. 1979. The spider genus Crustulina (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 28: 114-130. Reference page.

Levy, G. & Amitai, P. 1981. Spiders of the genera Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Israel. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5(4): 177-188. Reference page.
Levy, G. & Amitai, P. 1981a. The spider genus Enoplognatha (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Israel. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 72(1): 43-67. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01651.x . Reference page.

Levy, G. & Amitai, P. 1982. The comb-footed spider genera Theridion, Achaearanea and Anelosimus of Israel (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Zoology, London 196: 81-131. Reference page.
Levy, G. & Amitai, P. 1982a. The cobweb spider genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Israel and Sinai. Zoologica Scripta 11(1): 13-30. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00515.x. . Reference page.

Levy, G. & Amitai, P. 1983. Revision of the widow-spider genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Israel. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 77(1): 39-63. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1983.tb01720.x. . Reference page.

Levy, G. 1984. The spider genera Singa and Hypsosinga (Araneae, Araneidae) in Israel. Zoologica Scripta 13(2): 121-133. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1984.tb00029.x. . Reference page.

Levy, G. 1985. Spiders of the genera Episinus, Argyrodes and Coscinida from Israel, with additional notes on Theridion (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Zoology, London (A) 207: 87-123. Reference page.
Levy, G. 1985a. Araneae: Thomisidae. In: Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida II. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Jerusalem, 115 pp. Reference page.

Levy, G. 1992. The spider genera Palaestina, Trygetus, Zodarion and Ranops (Araneae, Zodariidae) in Israel with annotations on species of the Middle East. Israel Journal of Zoology 38: 67-110. Reference page.

Ovtsharenko, V.I., Levy, G. & Platnick, N.I. 1994: A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 3095: 1-27. full article (PDF). Reference page.

Levy, G. 1996. The agelenid funnel-weaver family and the spider genus Cedicus in Israel (Araneae, Agelenidae and Cybaeidae). Zoologica Scripta 25(2): 85-122. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00154.x. . Reference page.

Levy, G. 1998. The ground-spider genera Setaphis, Trachyzelotes, Zelotes, and Drassyllus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) in Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 44: 93-158. Reference page.
Levy, G. 1998a. Araneae: Theridiidae. In: Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 228 pp. Reference page.

Levy, G. 1999. New thomisid and philodromid spiders (Araneae) from southern Israel. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 185-190. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Levy, G. 1999a. The lynx and nursery-web spider families in Israel (Araneae, Oxyopidae and Pisauridae). Zoosystema 21: 29-64. Reference page.
Levy, G. 1999b. Spiders of the genera Anagraphis and Talanites (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 215-225. Reference page.
Levy, G. 1999c. Spiders of six uncommon drassodine genera (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 427-452. Reference page.

Levy, G. 2007. Calommata (Atypidae) and new spider species (Araneae) from Israel. Zootaxa 1551: 1–30. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Levy, G. 2007. The first troglobite scorpion from Israel and a new chactoid family (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Zoology in the Middle East 40(1): 91–96. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2007.10638209 Reference page.

Levy, G. 2009. New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel. Zootaxa 2066: 1–49. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.