BIOGRAFÍAS
     
       William Joseph RAINBOW  
     
 

     Entomólogo australiano, nació en Yorkshire en 1856 y murió en Sydney el 21 de noviembre de 1919. Después de estudiar en Edimburgo, se mudó con sus padres (su padre era oficial de la Marina Real) en Nueva Zelanda, en 1873, comenzó como periodista, pero él se sentía alentado por su jefe a estudiar ciencias naturales. En 1883, llegó a Sydney, donde ejerce como corresponsal de varios periódicos, para luego abandonar el periodismo y cubrir un cargo gubernamental. donde en 1895 se iniciara para el puesto de entomólogo en el Museo Australiano. Hasta 1919 publicó 71 trabajos sobre Arañas de Australia, que acaba en 1911 en un catálogo general.

 
     
   

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Rainbow (W.J.) (Willian Joseph), 1893a. Descriptions of some New South Wales. Nº 1. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2) 7 (4), pp.471-476, pl.XII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1893b. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 2. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2) 8 (1), pp.16-24, pl.III.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1893c. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2) 8, pp.287-294, pl.X.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1894. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 4. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2) 9, pp.153-157, pl.X.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1895. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 5. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (2) 10, pp.347-360, pl.XXII-XXIII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1896a. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 6. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 21, PP.320-344, pl.XVIII-XX.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1896b. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 7. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 21, pp.628-633, pl.XLIX.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1897a. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 8. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 22 (3), pp.514-553, pl.XVII-XVIII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1897b. - The Arachnidan fauna of Funafuti. The Atoll of Funafuti, Part 2: Austral. Mus., Mem., 3, pp.105-124.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1898a. - The Insecta and Arachnida of the County of Cumberland. in Handbook of Sydney and the County Cumberland. Sydney, 1898, pp.143-150.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1898b. - Contribution to a Knowledge of the Arachnidan Fauna of British New Guinea. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 23, pp.328-356, pl.VII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1898c. - Notes and Observations on the Range of Vision in some Araneidae. Rep. Austral. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 7, pp.655-661.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1898d. - Description of a New Araneid. Rec. Austral. Mus., 3 (4), pp.82-83, pl.XVIII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1899a. - Contribution to a Knowledge of Papuan Arachnida. Rec. Austral. Mus., 3 (5), pp.108-118.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1899b. - (Lycosa godeffroyi carrying its Young). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 24, P.135.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1899c. - (Birds Caught in the Webs of Spiders of the Genus Nephila). Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 24, p.283.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1899d. Contribution to a Knowledge of the Araneidan Fauna of Santa Cruz. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 24, pp.304-321, pl.XXIV-XXV.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1900a. - Two New Thomisids. Rec. Austral. Mus., 3 (7), pp.169-175, pl.XXX.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1900b. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº 9. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 25, pp.483-494, pl.XIII-XIV.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1901a. - Notes on the Architecture, Nesting-Habits and Life-Histories of Australian Araneidae based on Specimens in the Australian Museum. Part I. The Territelarie. Rec. Austral. Mus., 4 (1), pp.5-12.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1901b. - Notes on the Architecture. Nesting-Habits and Life Histories of Australian Araneidae based on Specimens in the Australian Museum. Part II. The Cribellatae. Rec. Austral. Mus., 4 pp.135-142, 4 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1902a. - Arachnida from the South Seas. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 26, pp.521-532. pl.XXVIII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1902b. - Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. Nº10. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 27 (3), pp.484-492, pl.XVIII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1902c. - Notes on the Architecture, Nesting-Habits and Life-Histories of Australian Araneidae, based on Specimens in the Australian Museum. Part III. The Ecribellatae, Haplogynae. Rec. Austral. Mus., 4, pp.312-316, 4 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1903a. - The Arthropoda. in Notes on the Zoology of Paanopa or Ocean Island and Nauru or Pleasant Island, Gilbert Group. Rec. Austral. Mus., 5 (1), pp.5-6.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1903b. - Studies in Australian Araneidae. Nº 1. Rec. Austral. Mus., 5 (1), pp.62-66, 2 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1904a. - Studies in Australian Araneidae. Nº 2. Rec. Austral. Mus., 5 (2), pp.102-106, fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1904b. - Notes on the Architecture, Nesting-Habits and Life-Histories of Australian Araneidae, based on Specimens in the Australian Museum. Part IV. Entelegynae. Rec. Austral. Mus., 5, pp. 317-325, 3 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1904c. - Studies in Australian Araneidae. Nº 4. Rec. Austral. Mus., 6 (1), pp.9-12, 1 fig., pl.III.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1905a. - Studies in Australian Araneidae. Nº 4. Rec. Austral. Mus., 6 (1), pp.9-12, 1 fig., pl.III.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1905b. - Notes on the Architecture, Nesting-Habits and Life-Histories of Australian Araneidae, based on Specimens in the Australian Museum. Part V. Entelegynae (continued). Rec. Austral. Mus., 6, pp.22-28, 1 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1907. - Notes on the Architecture, Nesting-Habits and Life-Histories of Australian Museum. Part VI. Entelegynae (continued). Rec. Austral. Mus., 6, pp.330-338, 2 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1908. - Studies in Australian Araneidae. Nº 5. Rec. Austral. Mus., 7, pp.44-50, 4 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1909. - Notes on the Architecture, Nesting-Habits and Life-Histories of Australian Araneidae, based on Specimens in the Australian Museum. Part VII. Entelegynae (continued). Rec. Austral. Mus., 7, pp.212-234, 3 fig. pl.LXII-LXIV.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1911. - A Census of Australian Araneidae. Rec. Austral. Mus., 9, pp.107-319.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1912a. - Araneidae from the Blackwall Ranges. Mem. Queensl. Mus., 1, pp.190-202.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1912b. - Some Araneidae from the Roper River, Northern Territory. Mem. Queensl. Mus., 1, pp.203-209.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1912c. - Note on Dolomedes trux Lamb. Mem. Queensl. Mus., 1, p.210, 3 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1913. - Arachnida from the Solomon Islands. Rec. Austral. Mus., 10 (1), pp.1-16, 6 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1914a. - Studies in Australian Araneidae. Nº 6. The Terretelariae. Rec. Austral. Mus., 10 (8), pp.187-270, 75 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1914b. - A New Victorian Araneiad (sci). Austral. Zool., 1, pp.21-23, 3 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1915. - Arachnida, (collected in North-Western South Australia). Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., 39, pp. 772-793, pl. LXVII-LXVIII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1916a. - Arachnida from Northern Queensland. Rec. Austral. Mus., 11, pp.33-64, pl.XIV-XVI; pp.79-119, pl.XXI-XXIII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1916b. - Some New Araneidae from the County of Cumberland. Austral. Zool., 1, pp.58-61, fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1916c. - Occasional Notes. Nº 2. Ova-Sacs Arachnura trilobata, Urq. Rec. Austral. Mus., 11, pp.65-66, pl.XVII.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1917a. - Araneidae. in Results of the South Australian Museum Expedition to Strezelecki and Cooper Creeks. Trans. Proc. Roy. Soc. S.Austral., 41, pp.482-489.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1917b. - Arachnida from Macquarie Island. in Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Scientifics Reports. Series C. Vol. 5. Part 1, pp. 5-13, 14 fig.

Rainbow (W.J.) & R.H. Pulleine, 1918. - Australian Trap-door Spiders. Rec. Austral. Mus., 12, pp.81-169, pl.XII-XXIV.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1920a. - Trapdoor Spiders of the << Chevert >> Expedition. Rec. Austral. Mus., 13, pp.77-85, fig.

Rainbow (W.J.), 1920b. - Arachnida from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Rec. S.Austral. Mus., 1, pp.229-272, pl.XXVIII-XXXI.