Willis John Gertsch

Willis John Gertsch (1906–1998), U. S. arachnologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 635 taxon names authored by Willis John Gertsch

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1928

• Chamberlin, R.A. & Gertsch, W.J. 1928. Notes on spiders from southeastern Utah. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 41: 175–188. BHL ARK: 13960/s23nc1gwgrc Reference page. 

1929

• Chamberlin, R.V. & Gertsch, W.J. 1929. New spiders from Utah and California. Journal of Entomology and Zoology 21: 101–112. Reference page. 

1933

• Gertsch, W.J. 1933. Diagnoses of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates 637: 1–14. hdl: 2246/3938 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1933. New genera and species of North American spiders. American Museum Novitates 636: 1–28. hdl: 2246/3939 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1933. Notes on American spiders of the family Thomisidae. American Museum Novitates 593: 1–22. hdl: 2246/4115 Reference page. 

1934

• Gertsch, W.J. 1934. Further notes on American spiders. American Museum Novitates 726: 1–26. hdl: 2246/4174 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1934. Notes on American Lycosidae. American Museum Novitates 693: 1–25. hdl: 2246/3935 Reference page. 

1935

• Gertsch, W.J. 1935. New American spiders with notes on other species. American Museum Novitates 805: 1–24. hdl: 2246/2134 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1935. Spiders from the southwestern United States, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates 792: 1–31. hdl: 2246/4529 Reference page. 

1936

• Gertsch, W.J. 1936. Further diagnoses of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates 852: 1–27. hdl: 2246/4122 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Davis, L.I. 1936. New spiders from Texas. [2]. American Museum Novitates 881: 1–21. hdl: 2246/2159 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Ivie, W. 1936. Descriptions of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates 858: 1–25. hdl: 2246/4113 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Mulaik, S.B. 1936. Diagnoses of new southern spiders. American Museum Novitates 851: 1–21. hdl: 2246/4128 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Mulaik, S.B. 1936a. New spiders from Texas. [1]. American Museum Novitates 863: 1–22. hdl: 2246/2877 Reference page. 

1937

• Gertsch, W.J. & Davis, L.I. 1937. Report on a collection of spiders from Mexico. I. American Museum Novitates 961: 1–29. hdl: 2246/3861 . Reference page. 

1939

• Gertsch, W.J. 1939. A new genus in the Pholcidae. American Museum Novitates 1033: 1–4. hdl: 2246/4825 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1939. A revision of the typical crab spiders (Misumeninae) of America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 76: 277–442. hdl: 2246/1051 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W. J. & Jellison, W. L. 1939. Notes on a collection of spiders from Montana. American Museum Novitates 1032: 1–13. hdl: 2246/4824 Reference page. 

1940

• Chamberlin, R.V. & Gertsch, W.J. 1940. Descriptions of new Gnaphosidae from the United States. American Museum Novitates 1068: 1–19. hdl: 2246/3766 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1940. Five new wolf-spiders from Florida. The Florida Entomologist 23: 17–23. Full text (PDF). Archive. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Davis, L.I. 1940. Report on a collection of spiders from Mexico. II. American Museum Novitates 1059: 1–18. hdl: 2246/3761 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Davis, L.I. 1940. Report on a collection of spiders from Mexico. III. American Museum Novitates 1069: 1–22. hdl: 2246/3769 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Mulaik, S.B. 1940. The spiders of Texas. I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77: 307–340. hdl: 2246/875 Reference page. 

1941

• Gertsch, W.J. 1941. New American spiders of the family Clubionidae. I. American Museum Novitates 1147: 1–20. hdl: 2246/4781 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1941. New American spiders of the family Clubionidae. II. American Museum Novitates 1148: 1–18. hdl: 2246/4784 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1941. Report on some arachnids from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. American Museum Novitates 1146: 1–14. hdl: 2246/4783 Reference page. .

1942

• Gertsch, W.J. 1942. New American spiders of the family Clubionidae. III. American Museum Novitates 1195: 1–18. hdl: 2246/4759 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Davis, L.I. 1942. Report on a collection of spiders from Mexico. IV. American Museum Novitates 1158: 1–19. hdl: 2246/4766 Reference page. 

1946

• Gertsch, W.J. & Davis, L.I. 1946. Report on a collection of spiders from Mexico. V. American Museum Novitates 1313: 1–11. hdl: 2246/4478 Reference page. 

1955

• Lowrie, D.C. & Gertsch, W.J. 1955. A list of the spiders of the Grand Teton Park area, with descriptions of some new North American spiders. American Museum Novitates 1736: 1–29. hdl: 2246/4713 BHL ARK: 13960/s2bn98d7k47 Reference page. 

1958

• Chamberlin, R.V. & Gertsch, W.J 1958. The spider family Dictynidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 116: 1–152. hdl: 2246/340 ARK: 13960/t1hj5893x Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1958. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies. American Museum Novitates 1907: 1–46. hdl: 2246/981 ARK: 13960/s2x0qkrzgm1 Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1958a. The spider family Hypochilidae. American Museum Novitates 1912: 1–28. hdl: 2246/4446 ARK: 13960/s2t6pzx6twj Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1958b. The spider family Plectreuridae. American Museum Novitates 1920: 1–53. hdl: 2246/4532 ARK: 13960/s2h3dw5gfjn Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1958c. The spider family Diguetidae. American Museum Novitate 1904: 1-24. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1958d. Results of the Puritan-American Museum, Expedition to western Mexico 4. The scorpions. American Museum Novitates 1903: 1-20. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1958e. Results of the Puritan-American Museum Expedition to Western Mexico 4. The Scorpions. American Museum Novitates 1903: 1–20. Reference page. 

1960

• Gertsch, W.J. 1960. Descriptions of American spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. American Museum Novitates 1981: 1–40. hdl: 2246/4388 BHL ARK: 13960/s299ggh8m9z Reference page. 

1964

• Gertsch, W.J. 1964. A review of the genus Hypochilus and a description of a new species from Colorado (Araneae, Hypochilidae). American Museum Novitates 2203: 1-14. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Muma, M.H. & Gertsch, W.J. 1964. The spider family Uloboridae in North America north of Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2196: 1–43. hdl: 2246/3363 BHL ARK: 13960/s2whvd7zn97 Reference page. 

1967

• Gertsch, W.J. 1967. A new liphistiid spider from China (Araneae: Liphistiidae). Journal of The New York Entomological Society 75: 114-118. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1967a. The spider genus Loxosceles in South America (Araneae, Scytodidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 136: 117-174. Reference page. 

1971

• Gertsch, W.J. 1971. A Report on Some Mexican Cave Spiders. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 4: 47–111. PDF. Reference page. 

1972

• Gertsch, W.J. & Soleglad, M.E. 1972. Studies of North American scorpions of the genera Uroctonus and Vejovis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 148(4): 549–608. Reference page. 

1973

• Gertsch, W.J. 1973. A report on cave spiders from Mexico and Central America. Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 5: 141–163. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1973. The cavernicolous fauna of Hawaiian lava tubes, 3. Araneae (spiders). Pacific insects 15: 163–180. Reference page. 

1974

• Gertsch, W.J. 1974. The spider family Leptonetidae in North America. Journal of Arachnology 1: 145-203. Reference page. 

1975

• Gertsch, W.J. & Platnick, N.I. 1975. A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Cyclocosmia (Araneae, Ctenizidae). American Museum novitates 2580: 1-20. Reference page. 

1976

• Gertsch, W.J. & Riechert, S.E. 1976. The spatial and temporal partitioning of a desert spider community, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates 2604: 1-25. Reference page. 

1977

• Gertsch, W.J. 1977. On two ricinuleids from the Yucatan Peninsula (Arachnida: Ricinulei). Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 6: 133-138. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1977a. Report on cavernicole and epigean spiders from the Yucatan peninsula. Association for Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin 6: 103-131. Reference page. 

1979

• Gertsch, W.J. & Platnick 1979. A revision of the spider family Mecicobothriidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2687: 1-32. Reference page. 

1980

• Gertsch, W.J. & Platnick, N.I. 1980. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum novitates 2704. Handle. Reference page. 

1982

• Gertsch, W.J. 1982. The troglobitic mygalomorphs of the Americas (Arachnida, Araneae). Association for Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin 8: 79–94. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. 1982a. The spider genera Pholcophora and Anopsicus (Araneae, Pholcidae) in North America, Central America and the West Indies. Association for Mexican Cave Studies Bulletin 8: 95–144. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1983

• Gertsch, W.J. & Ennik, F. 1983. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 175: 264-360. Reference page. 

1984

• Gertsch, W.J. 1984. The spider family Nesticidae (Araneae) in North America, Central America, and the West Indies. Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 31: 1–91. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1986

• Gertsch, W.J. 1986. The spider genus Metagonia (Araneae: Pholcidae) in North America, Central America and the West Indies. Texas Memorial Museum, speleological monographs 1: 39-62. Reference page. 

1992

• Gertsch, W.J. 1992. Distribution patterns and speciation in North American cave spiders with a list of the troglobites and revision of the cicurinas of the subgenus Cicurella. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs 3: 75-122. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & Peck, S.B. 1992. The pholcid spiders of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Araneae: Pholcidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 70: 1185–1199. Reference page.