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 (mark.harvey@museum.wa.gov.au).

Heather Proctor is a lecturer in the School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD (h.proctor@mailbox.gu.edu.au).

David Walter is a senior lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD (d.walter@mailbox.uq.edu.au).