Michael Ilmari Saaristo (1938-2008). Russo-Finnish arachnologist.

Taxon names authored

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• 70 taxon names authored by Michael Ilmari Saaristo

• Biography

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1971

• Saaristo, M.I. 1971. Revision of the genus Maro O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 8: 463-482. Reference page. 

1973

• Saaristo, M.I. 1973. Birgerius gen. n. (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 10: 449-450. Reference page. 

1978

• Saaristo, M.I. 1978. Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy. Annales Zoologici Fennici 15: 99-126. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1980

• Lehtinen, P.T. & Saaristo, M.I. 1980. Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. II. Nesticidae. Annales Zoologici Fennici 17: 47–66. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1995

• Saaristo, M.I. 1995. Linyphiid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Phelsuma 3: 41-52. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. 1995a. Clubionids of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Clubionidae). Phelsuma 3: 53-57. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1996

• Saaristo, M.I. 1996. Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae), a new spider family for the granitic islands of Seychelles. Phelsuma 4: 53-56. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. 1996a. Theridiosomatid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae). Phelsuma 4: 48-52. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 1996: Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Berichte des naturwissenschaftlichen-medizinischen Verein Innsbruck 83: 163-186. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 1996a. Redelimitation of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 and the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 with descriptions of some new genera (Aranei, Linyphiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 83: 163-186. Reference page. 

1997

• Saaristo, M.I. 1997. Scytotids [sic] (Arachnida, Araneae, Scytodidae) of the granitic islands of Seychelles. Phelsuma 5: 49-57. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. 1997a. Oecobiids of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Oecobiidae). Phelsuma 5: 69-71. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1998

• Saaristo, M.I. 1998. Ochyroceratid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae). Phelsuma 6: 20-26. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & Koponen, S. 1998. A review of northern Canadian spiders of the genus Agyneta (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with descriptions of two new species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76: 566-583. Reference page. 

1999

• Saaristo, M.I. 1999: An arachnological excursion to the granitic Seychelles, 1–26th January 1999. Arachnid species lists for Silhouette, Cousine and Mahé. Phelsuma, 7 (suppl. A): 1–12.
• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 1999. Reclassification of the mughi-group of the genus Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 (sensu lato) (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae). Berichte des naturwissenschaftlichen-medizinischen Verein Innsbruck 86: 139-147. Reference page. 

2000

• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 2000. Systematics of the Bolyphantes-Poeciloneta genus-group of the subfamily Micronetinae Hull, 1920 (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae). Reichenbachia 33: 255-265. Reference page. 

2001

• Saaristo, M.I. 2001. Dwarf hunting spiders or Oonopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Seychelles. Insect Systematics & Evolution 32(3): 307-358. DOI: 10.1163/187631201X00236. Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 2001. Reclassification of the pallidus-, insignis- and spelaeorum-groups of Lephthyphantes Menge, 1866 (sensu lato) (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae). Reichenbachia 34: 5-17. Reference page. 

2002

• Saaristo, M.I. 2002: New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea). Phelsuma, 10 (suppl. A): 1–31.
• Saaristo, M.I. & van Harten, A. 2002. The oonopid spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Oonopidae) of Socotra, Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 19: 311-319. Reference page. 

2003

• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 2003. Helsdingenia gen.n., a new micronetid genus from Old-World tropics (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae). Arthropoda Selecta 11: 153-158. Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 2003a. A new micronetid spider genus from the Oriental Region (Aranei: Linyphiidae: Micronetinae). Arthropoda Selecta 11: 319-330. Reference page. 

2004

• Saaristo, M.I. & Marusik, Y.M. 2004. Two new petrophilous micronetine genera, Agyphantes gen. n. and Lidia gen. n. (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Micronetinae), from the eastern Palearctic with descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 13(3): 76–82. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & Marusik, Y.M. 2004a. Ferchestina, a new genus of oonopid spiders from Russian Far East (Aranei, Oonopidae). Arthropoda Selecta 13(1): 51-54. Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & Tanasevitch, A.V. 2004. New taxa for some species of the genus Lepthyphantes Menge sensu lato (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Micronetinae). Revue Arachnologique 14: 109-128. Reference page. 

2006

• Saaristo, M.I., Tu, L.H. & Li, S.Q. 2006. A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part I: species of ex-Arcuphantes and ex-Centromerus. Animal Biology 56(3): 383-401. Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. & van Harten, A. 2006. The oonopid spiders (Araneae: Oonopidae) of mainland Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 21: 127-157. Reference page. 
• Tu, L.H., Saaristo, M.I. & Li, S.Q. 2006. A review of Chinese micronetine species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Part II: Seven species of ex-Lepthyphantes. Animal Biology 56(3): 403-421. Reference page. 

2007

• Saaristo, M.I. 2007. A new subfamily of linyphiid spiders based on a new genus created for the keyserlingi-group of the genus Lepthyphantes (Aranei: Linyphiidae). Arthropoda Selecta 16(1): 33-42. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Saaristo, M.I. 2007a. The oonopid spiders (Aranei: Oonopidae) of Israel. Arthropoda Selecta 15(2): 119-140.Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2008

• Saaristo, M.I. & Marusik, Y.M. 2008. A survey of African Opopaea Simon, 1891 (Arachnida, Aranei, Oonopidae). Arthropoda Selecta 17: 17-53. Reference page.