Fred Wanless

Fred R. Wanless (194015 December 2017) was a British arachnologist. Active in the field especially in the 1970s and 1980s, he described several dozen taxa, in particular among the spiders of the Salticidae family. Wanless played a significant role in the British Arachnological Society being its member in 1969–1973, 1974–1976 and 1986–1989, and Meetings Secretary in 1973–1978. dealing with the arachnid collections and at the Australian Museum in Brisbane. At the Museum Wanless developed interest in African jumping spiders while editing Doug Clark's notes and later working on their collaborative paper.

Wanless played a significant role in the British Arachnological Society being its member in 1969–1973, 1974–1976 and 1986–1989, and Meetings Secretary in 1973–1978. Wanless retired from the National History Museum in 2003, however he continued studying grasses and sedges publishing a guide on them in 2013. Upon retirement, Wanless became increasingly involved in the work of the Wren Group and the Lakehouse Lake project being a member of its committee. Jacksonoides Wanless, 1988, spider (Salticidae) Sadies Wanless, 1984, spider (Salticidae) Sondra Wanless, 1988, spider (Salticidae) Tauala Wanless, 1988, spider (Salticidae)

Named in his honor Wanlessia Wijesinghe, 1992, ragno (Salticidae) Londra, 2(9): 184-189, f 1-9. Wanless F.R. 1975. Spiders of the family Salticidae from the upper slopes of Everest and Makalu. Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 3(5): 132-136. Wanless F.R. 1978a. A revision of the spider genera Belippo and Myrmarachne (Araneae, Salticidae) in the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology), Londra, 33(1): 1-139, t 1-84, photos 1-6. Wanless F.R. 1978b. A revision of the spider genus Bocus Simon (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.) 33(4): 239-244. Wanless F.R. 1978c. A revision of the spider genus Sobasina (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 33(4): 245-257, t 1-8, phot 1. Wanless F.R. 1978d. A revision of the spider genus Marengo (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 33(4): 259-278, t 1-10, photos 1-3. Wanless F.R. 1978e. On the identity of the spider Emertonius exasperans Peckham and Peckham (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 33(4): 235-238, t 1-2. Wanless F.R. 1978f. A revision of the spider genus Portia (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 34(3): 83-124, t 1-13, phots 1-5. Wanless F.R. 1979a. On the spider genus Cynapes (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 37(1): 67-72, t 1-2. Wanless F.R. 1979b. A revision of the spider genus Brettus (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 35(2): 127-200, t 1-4. Wanless F.R. 1980a. A revision of the spider genus Macopaeus (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 38 (4): 219-223, t 1-3. Wanless F.R. 1980b. A revision of the spider genus Orthrus (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 38 (4): 225-232, t 1-4. Wanless F.R. 1980c. A revision of the spider genus Onomastus (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 39(3): 179-188, t 1-4. Wanless F.R. 1980d. A revision of the spider genera Asemonea and Pandisus (Araneae: Salticidae) Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.) London, 39(4): 213-257, t 1-29. Wanless F.R. 1981a. A revision of the spider genus Hispo (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 41(4): 179-198, t 19. Wanless F.R. 1981b. A revision of the spider genus Phaeacius (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 41(4): 199-219, t 1-9. Wanless F.R. 1981c. A revision of the spider genus Cocalus (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 41(5): 253-261, t 1-5. Wanless F.R. 1982. A revision of the spider genus Cocalodes with a description of a new related genus (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 42(4): 263-298, t 1-21. Wanless F.R. 1983 [1984c]. Araneae-Salticidae. Contributions a l'etude de la faune terrestre des iles granitiques de l'archipel des Sechelles. Annales Musee Royal Afrique Centrale, serie in 8. Tervuren, 241: 1-84, t 1-26. Wanless F.R. 1984a. A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with description of six new genera. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 46(2): 135-198, t 1-29. Wanless F.R. 1984b. A revision of the spider genus Cyrba (Araneae:Salticidae) with the description of a new presumptive pheromon dispersing organ. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 47(7): 445-481, t 1-22 Wanless F.R. 1985. A revision of the spider genera Holcolaetis and Sonoita (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 48(4): 249-278, t 1-19. Wanless F.R. 1986. A revision of the spider genus Phyaces (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.) 50: 103-108. Wanless F.R. 1987. Notes on spiders of the family Salticidae. 1. The genera Spartaeus, Mintonia and Taraxella. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. (Zool.), London, 52(3): 107-137, t 1-20. Wanless F.R. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australasian Region. New Zealand journal of zoology, 15: 81-172, t 1-44. Wanless F.R., Clark D. J. 1975. On a collection of spiders of the family Salticidae from the Ivory Coast. Revue Zool. afr. 89(2): 273-296. Wanless F.R., Lubin Y.D. 1986. Diolenius minotaurus sp. nov., a remarkable horned jumping spider from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae). J. Nat. Hist. 20: 1211-1220, t 1-6.