Spider section:

composed by Brendan Mckie with helpful comments from Robert Raven (Queensland Museum).

Mite section:

Mark Harvey is Curator of Arachnids at the Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA ([email protected]).

Heather Proctor is a lecturer in the School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD ([email protected]).

David Walter is a senior lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD ([email protected]).