Loxosceles rufescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scytodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Scytodoidea

Familia: Sicariidae
Genus: Loxosceles
Species: Loxosceles rufescens

Name

Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)

Type locality: Near Sagunto, Valencia Prov., Spain

Holotype: original specimens probably lost.

Synonyms

Scytodes rufescens Dufour, 1820 (original combination)
Scytodes distincta Lucas, 1846
Loxosceles compactilis Simon, 1881
Loxosceles marylandicus Muma, 1944 (synonymized by Gertsch, 1958b: 31).
- Type locality: College Park, Maryland
  - Holotype: AMNH. male ♂.
Loxosceles indrabeles Tikader, 1963 (synonymized by Brignoli, 1976: 144).
- Type locality: Poona University Compound, Maharashtra.
  - Holotype: ZSI. female ♀. 05.VI.1961. legit B.K. Haldar.
Loxosceles rufescens — Simon, 1873

References

Primary references

Dufour, L. 1820: Ann. gén. sci. phys. 4: 355–366. [203, pl. 76, f. 5]

Additional references

Gertsch, W. J. & F. Ennik. 1983. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 175: 264–360. [353, f. 341-343, 348-351] PDF
Tikader, B.K. 1963e. On a new species of spider of the genus Loxosceles (Family Scytodidae) from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Calcutta 16: 23-25. Reference page.
Valdez-Mondragón, A., Cortez-Roldán, M.R., Juárez-Sánchez, A.R. & Solís-Catalán, K.P. 2018. A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae, Sicariidae), with updated distribution records and biogeographical comments for the species from Mexico, including a new record of Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour). Zookeys, 802: 39–66. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.802.28445 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Mediterranean recluse spider
עברית: ששן חום
italiano: Ragno violino
日本語: イトグモ
한국어: 실거미
ไทย: แมงมุมสันโดษเมดิเตอร์เรเนียน