David B. Richman is an American arachnologist and curator of the Arthropod Museum at New Mexico State University. Richman has described many species of

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s in North America and elsewhere. Richman was born in New York State in 1942 and received his degrees at Arizona Western College (A.A. 1968), the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T ...

(B.S. 1970, M.S. 1973) and the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

(Ph.D 1977).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Richman, David B. American arachnologists Living people 1942 births University of Arizona alumni University of Florida alumni New Mexico State University faculty