Publications (1992 - present)

• Research
• In press (accepted)
• Submitted
• Other publications, reports

Research

• Colgan, D.J. and Gray, M.R. (1992). The genetic structure of the Badumna candida species group (Araneae, Amaurobioidea). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9(3): 86-94.
• Gray, M.R. (1992). A revision of the troglobitic spider genus Tartarus (Amaurobioidea: Stiphidiidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of N.S.W. 113(3):165-173.
• Gray, M.R. (1992). New Desid Spiders (Araneae: Desidae) from New Caledonia and Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 44: 253-262.
• Harvey, M.S., Gray, M.R, Hunt, G.S. and Lee, D.C. (1993). The cavernicolous Arachnida and Myriapoda of Cape Range, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement45: 129-144.
• Gray, M.R. (1994). A Review of the Filistatid Spiders (Araneae: Filistatidae) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 46: 39- 61.
• Gray, M.R. & Cassis, G. (1994). Results of ground dwelling invertebrate fauna surveys of north-east New South Wales forests. North East Forests Biodiversity Study No. 3C: 102pp. New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service.
• Gray, M.R. (1995). Morphology and relationships within the spider family Filistatidae (Araneae: Araneomorphae). In 'Australasian spiders and their relatives: papers honouring Barbara York Main'. Ed. M.S. Harvey. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement No. 52: 79-91.
• Gray, M.R. and Ferrier, S. (1998). Complementarity patterns in ground dwelling spiders and insects. Poster, XIV International Congress of Arachnology, Chicago, 1998.
• Colgan, D.J., Mclauchlan, A., Wilson, G. D. F., Livingston, S. P., Edgecombe,G.D., Macaranas, J., Cassis, G. and Gray, M. R. (1998). Molecular phylogenetics of the Arthropoda: relationships based on histone H3 and U2 snRNA DNA sequences. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 419- 437.
• Wilkie, L, Cassis, G. and Gray, M.R. (1999). Quality control in invertebrate biodiversity data complilations. In 'The Other 99%. The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates'. Eds W. Ponder and D. Lunney, pp147-153. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales: Sydney.
• Ferrier, S., Gray, M.R., Cassis, G. and Wilkie L. (1999). Spatial patterns of species turnover in ground dwelling invertebrates in north-east New South Wales: implications for selection of forest conservation reserves. In 'The Other 99%. The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates'. Eds W. Ponder and D. Lunney, pp 99-108. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales: Sydney.
• Major, R.E., Smith, D., Cassis,G., Gray, M. and Colgan, D. J. (1999). Are roadside strips important reservoirs of invertebrate biodiversity? A comparison of the ant and beetle faunas of roadside strips and large remnant woodlands. Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 611-624.
• Isbister, G. and Gray, M. (2000). Acute and recurrent skin ulceration after spider bite. Medical Journal of Australia 172: 303.
• Edgecombe, G.D., Wilson, G.D.F., Colgan, D.J., Gray, M.R. and Cassis, G. (2000). Arthropod Cladistics: Combined Analysis of Histone H3 and U2 snRNA Sequences and Morphology. Cladistics 16 (2): 155-203 .
• Macaranas, J. M., Colgan, D.J., Major, R.E., Cassis, G. and Gray, M.R. (2001). Species Discrimination And Population Differentiation In Ants Using Microsatellites. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 29:125-136.
• Isbister, G.K., Churchill, T.B., Hirst, D.B., Gray, M.R. and Currie, B.J. (2001). Clinical effects of bites from formally identified spiders in tropical Northern Territory. Medical Journal of Australia 174: 79-82.
• Raven, R.J., Stumkat, K. and Gray, M.R. (2001) Revisions of Australian Ground-hunting Spiders: I. Amauropelma, gen. nov. (Araneomorpha: Ctenidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 64: 187-227.
• Gray M.R. and Thompson J. A. (2001). New lycosoid spiders from cave and surface habitats in southern Australia and Cape Range Peninsula (Araneae: Lycosoidea) Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 64: 159-170.

In press (accepted)

• Gray, M.R. (2002). A revision of the spider genus Phryganoporus E. Simon (Araneae: Desidae). Records of the Australian Museum 54 (3).
• Gray M.R. and Smith, H.E. (2002). Therlinya, a new genus of spiders (Amaurobioidea: Stiphidiidae) from Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 54 (3).
• Hose, G.C., James, J.M. and Gray, M.R. (2002). Spider Webs as Environmental Indicators. Environmental Pollution.
• Zabka, M. and Gray, M.R. (2002). Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XV. New species of Grayenulla and Afraflacilla. Records of the Australian Museum 54 (3).
• Wilkie, L., Cassis, G. and Gray, M.R. (2003). A quality control protocol for terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity assessment. Biodiversity and Conservation.

Submitted

• Isbister, G. and Gray, M. Bites by spiders of the family Theridiidae: a prospective study of spider envenomation. Toxicon.
• Wilkie, L., Cassis, G. and Gray, M.R. The invasion of an Australian coastal heath ecosystem by the exotic weed Bitou Bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata L.) and its effects on terrestrial communities. I. Sampling methods, site descriptions and environmental patterns. Austral Ecology.
• Wilkie, L., Cassis, G. and Gray, M.R. The invasion of an Australian coastal heath ecosystem by the exotic weed Bitou Bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata L.) and its effects on terrestrial communities. II. Exploratory data analysis of faunal groups. Austral Ecology.
• Gray, M.R, and Smith, H.M. The "striped" group of stiphidiid spiders: I. Two new genera from easternNew South Wales, Australia (Araneae: Amaurobioidea: Stiphidiidae). Records of the Australian Museum

Other publications, reports

• Davey, A.G., Gray, M.R., Grimes, K., Hamilton-Smith, E., James, J.M. and Spate, A.P. (1992). World heritage significance of karst and other landforms in the Nullarbor region. Report to DASET, Commonwealth Government, 201 pp. University of Canberra.
• Gray, M.R. (1992). Nomination for the Register of the National Estate: Carrai Bat Cave, New South Wales. 10 pp. Australian Heritage Commission.
• Gray, M.R. (1992). Spiders in Australia. Poster. Australian Museum & Bayer Australia.
• Gray, M.R. (1993). Nomination for the Register of the National Estate: Cave 5N253, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia. 12 pp. Australian Heritage Commission.
• Gray, M.R. (1993). Some common spiders in Australia. 17pp. Australian Museum and Bayer Australia.
• Gray, M.R. (1993. Book Review. The Invertebrate Cave Fauna of Tasmanian caves, by S. Eberhard, A. Richardson & R. Swain. Helictite 31(1): 23.
• Gray, M.R. (1993). Book review. Spiders commonly found in Melbourne and other suburbs, K.L. Walker and G.A. Milledge. Aust. Arachnol. 49: 5.
• Gray, M.R. (1997). Australian Spiders. Australian Museum Information Disc No. 3 (series editor, W.B. Rudman).
• Gray, M.R. (1998). Australian Spiders. Poster. Australian Museum and Bayer Australia.
• Gray, M.R. (1999). Book review: "A Venomous Life" by Struan K. Sutherland. The Veterinarian, February 1999:11.

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