Bruce Cutler

Courtesy Associate Professor Emeritus
Arachnids
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Phone: (785) 749-5620
Fax: (785) 864-5431

Area of Interest and Research

Arachnid Biology, Natural History, Paleontology; with emphasis on Jumping Spiders (Salticidae)

Representative Publications

Jennings, D. T. and Cutler, B. 2008. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) associated with seed heads of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) at Acadia National Park, Maine. Northeastern Naturalist 15: 523–540.

Cutler, B. and McCutchen. 2007. Heavy metals in cuticular structures of Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Schizomida (Arachnida). Journal of Arachnology 34: 653–656.

Bradley, R. A., Cutler, B. and Hodge, M. 2006. The first records of Myrmarachne formicaria (Araneae, Salticidae) in the Americas. Journal of Arachnology 34:483–484.

Cutler, B. 2005. Chapter 14 — Amphinectidae, page 63 in Spiders of North America: an identification manual. Ubick, D., Paquin, P., Cushing, P. E., and Roth. V. (eds.) American Arachnological Society.

Cutler, B. 2005. Chapter 31 — Hersiliidae, pages 116–117 in Spiders of North America: an identification manual. Ubick, D., Paquin, P., Cushing, P. E., and Roth. V. (eds.) American Arachnological Society.

Richman, D. B., Edwards, G. B. and Cutler, B. 2005. Chapter 52 –Salticidae, pages 205–216 in Spiders of North America: an identification manual. Ubick, D., Paquin, P., Cushing, P. E., and Roth. V. (eds.) American Arachnological Society.

Cutler, B. 2005. Chapter 65 — Titanoecidae, page 248 in Spiders of North America: an identification manual. Ubick, D., Paquin, P., Cushing, P. E., and Roth. V. (eds.) American Arachnological Society.

Cutler, B. and Edwards, G. B. 2002. The Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Trinidad and Tobago. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago field Naturalists' Club 2002: 39–44.

Cutler, B. 2001. Corrugated cardboard trapping for litter inhabiting spiders and other arthropods. Entomological News 112: 212–216.


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