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Education

Ph.D. Dissertation:

The population biology of Atypoides riversi (Antrodiaetidae), a fossorial mygalomorph spider.

Employment: Teaching

Fullerton College, 1987 to 2015

Georgia Southern University, 1981-1986

University of California, Berkeley, 1974-1981

Organizations:

Societies and Memberships:

Reviewed Publications:

Vetter, R. S., R. J. Adams, J. E. Berrian. and L S. Vincent. 2015 The European spider, Steatoda nobilis (Araneae: Theridiidae), becoming widespread in California Pan-Pacific Entomol.

Martinez, M. J., K. Moore, R. Espinosa, H. Oberle, and L. S. Vincent. 2014 A new record of a Neotropical spider Metazygia zilloides (Banks 1898) (Araneae: Araneidae) recently established in southern California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 90(3): 153-156.

Danielsen, D. W. R., D. E. Clarke, S. J. Valle, A. A. Ansalmo, L. S. Vincent and R. S. Vetter. 2014 Natural egg sac clutch size of the brown widow spider,Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in southern California. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 113(2): 100-102.

Valle, S, J., C. B. Keiser, L. S. Vincent, R. S. Vetter. 2013. A South American Spider, Falconina gracilis (Keyserling 1891) (Araneae: Corinnidae), newly established in southern California. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 89(4):259-263.

Vetter, R. S., L. S. Vincent, A. A. Itnyre, D. E. Clarke, K. I. Reinker, D. W. R. Danielsen, L. J. Robinson, J. N. Kabashima, and M. K. Rust. 2012. Predators and parasitoids of egg sacs of the widow spiders, Latrodectus geometricus and Latrodectus hesperus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in southern California. Journal of Arachnology 40(2):209-214.

Vetter, R. S., L. S. Vincent, D. W. R. Danielsen, K. I. Reinker, D. E. Clarke, A. A. Itnyre, J. N. Kabashima, and M. K. Rust. 2012. The prevalence of brown widow and black widow spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) in urban southern California. Journal of Medical Entomology 49(4), 947-951.

Vincent, L. S., and T. Breitman. 2010. The scorpion Cheloctonus jonesii Pocock 1892 (Scorpiones, Liochelidae) as a possible predator of the Red-billed Quelea, Quelea quelea (Linnaeus, 1758). Bull. Brit. arachnol. Soc. 15(2): 59-60.

Vincent, L. S., R. S. Vetter, W. J. Wrenn, J. K. Kempf, and J. E. Berrian. 2009. The brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841, in southern California. Pan-Pac. Entomol.84(4): 344-349.

Vetter, R. S., L. S. Vincent, J. E. Berrian and J. K. Kempf. 2008. Metaltella simoni (Araneae: Amphinectidae): widespread in southern California. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 84(2): 145-148.

Vincent, L. S. 1997 California Turret Spider. Pacific Discovery. September. p. 36,37,52.

_____. 1993. The Natural History of the California Turret Spider, Atypoides riversi (Antrodiaetidae: Araneae): Demographics, Growth Rates, Survivorship, and Longevity. Journal of Arachnology 21(2): 29-39.

_____. 1987. B.J. Kaston, American Araneologist 1906-1985: A biography and bibliography. Journal of Arachnology 14:283-291.

_____. 1986. Pathogens and parasitoids of the fossorial mygalomorph spider Atypoides riversi O.P. - Cambridge (Antrodiaetidae: Araneae) of various size classes. Proc. IX Internat. Arach . Cong. Panama, 1983. Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 291-294.

_____. and G.W. Frankie. 1985 Arthropod fauna of live oak in urban and natural stands in Texas. IV. The spider fauna. Jour. Kansas Ent . Soc. 58(3): 378-385.

_____. 1985. The first record of a tachinid fly as an internal parasitoid of a spider. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 61(3):224-225.

_____. and G. Rack. 1982. Pseudopygmephorus atypoides Rack n. sp. (Acari: Pygmephoridae) associated with the fossorial mygalomorph spider, Atypoides riversi O.P. - Cambridge (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae) in California. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 58(3): 216-222.

_____. 1980. Observations on the biology of Tetragnatha extensa Emerton, (Araneae: Tetragnathidae), in a riparian habitat. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 56(4): 316-318.

_____. 1979. A new record for Sinarachna anomala (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), an external parasitoid of Mallos pallidus (Araneae: Dictynidae). Pan-Pacific Entomol. 55: 192-194.

______ 1974. A method for rearing spiders. Bull. Brit. Arach. Soc. 3(2): 52.

Regional Publications:

_______.2011. Spiders. In Wild and Beautiful: A Natural History of Open Spaces in Orange County by Allan A. Schoenherr. Laguna Wilderness Press. Pgs: 111-115

_____. 2005. Spiders; Moths. In: Docent Guide to Orange County Wilderness. Published by: The Nature Conservancy and The Laguna Greenbelt, Inc.

_____. 2000. Garden spiders of the the Coastal Sage Scrub:. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #18 Fall

_____. 2000. Spiders of the Coastal Sage Scrub: Cyclosa turbinata. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #17 July/August

_____. 2000. Spiders of the Coastal Sage Scrub: Labyrinth spider, Metepeira . Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #15 March/April

_____. 1999. The Velvet Ant. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #13 Nov./Dec.

_____. 1999. Inconspicuous Conspicuous Insects, Part 3: The Cochineal Bug. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #12 Sept./Oct.

_____. 1999. Inconspicuous Conspicuous Insects, Part 2: The Ant Lion. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #11 July/August

_____. 1999. Inconspicuous Conspicuous Insects, Part 1: The Spittle Bug. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #10 May/June

_____. 1999. Tarantula Hawk Wasp. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #9 March/April

_____. 1999. Tarantulas. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #8 Jan/Feb

Invited_Papers

"What's So Special About Spiders" Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Orange Co. Chapter. January 1994

"Desert Spiders" as part of a symposium on "Poisonous Desert Animals" presented by the Natural Science Council of the Palm Springs Desert Museum. March 1993

"B.J. Kaston, American Araneologist 1906-1907." Annual Meeting, American Arachnological Society, St. Charles, Missouri. June 1986.

"Spider defenses." Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch, Greenville, S.C., January, 1985.

"An overview of spider biology with an emphasis on the California Turret Spider." California State Univ., Hayward, March, 1981.

Contributed_Papers :

"Benjamin Julian Kaston, Araneologist, 1906-1985; The man and his work." The Georgia Academy of Science, Georgia College, Milledgeville, May, 1986

" Atypoides riversi, its pathogens, parasitoids and predators." IX International Congress of Arachnology, Panama City, Panama, August, 1983

"Preliminary observations on the population biology of Atypoides riversi , a fossorial mygalomorph spider." American Arachnological Society, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, June, 1978.

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