American Arachnology the 28 Th Annual Aas Meeting Kicked off Wednesday After- Noon and Evening with Registration and a Reception at the Sooner Hotel. Former United States Senator and Oklahoma Governor and Current Ou President

s of Oral and Poster Presentations ........................................... 3 Spiders of North America ...................... 13 2005 AAS Annual Meeting—Akron OH .. 14 A.A.S. Website .......................................... 16 A.A.S. Electronic Index ............................. 16 Number 70 April 2005 AMERICAN ARACHNOLOGY is the official newsletter of the American Arachnological Society, and is distributed biannually to members of the Society. Items for the Newsletter should be sent to the Editor, Alan Cady, Dept. Zoology, Miami Univ.-Middletown, 4200 E. Univ. Blvd., Middletown, Ohio, 45042, USA, Voice:(513)7273258, Fax:(513)727-3450; E-mail:[email protected]. Deadline for receipt of material for Volume 71) is 1 October, 2005. All correspondence concerning changes of address and information on membership in the American Arachnological Society should be addressed to the Membership Secretary, Jeffery Shultz, American Arachnological Society, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Voice:(301)405-7519, Fax:(301)314-9290, E-mail: [email protected]. Membership information may be found at the A A S w e b s i t e : h t t p : / / WWW.AMERICANARACHNOLOGY.ORG. Members of the Society also receive the JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY (published triannually) and have access to electronic resources (JOA OnLine). Future A.A.S. Annual Meeting Sites 2005— 26– 30 June; Akron, Ohio 2006— College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, Maryland Report from the 28th Annual AAS Meeting University of Oklahoma, Norman, 23-27 June 2004 Hosted by Dr. Douglas D. Gaffin The 28th Annual AAS Meeting kicked off Wednesday afternoon and evening with registration and a reception at the Sooner Hotel. Former United States Senator and Oklahoma Governor and current OU President David Boren welcomed participants to the University the next morning and highlighted all the new buildings and initiatives occurring