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Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae. [1] It is found in Mexico and the United States. The desert recluse is commonly misidentified as L. unicolor (of South America) [2] or as L. reclusa (the brown recluse of the southern and midwestern states), two spiders which do not live anywhere near the vicinity.
Bites most often occur as a defense when the spider is trapped against the skin, in clothing, for example. [8] The total volume of venom is minute (only 2 micrograms injected out of 4 microliters in the venom glands). [17] The bite of a recluse spider can generally be categorized into one of the following groups: [8]
The spider biting apparatus is short and bites are only possible in experimental animals with pressure on the spider's back. Thus many bites occur when a spider is trapped in a shirt or pant sleeve. There is no commercial chemical test to determine if the venom is from a brown recluse. The bite itself is not usually painful.
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Desert recluse (Loxosceles deserta) Chilean recluse spider (Loxosceles laeta) Brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
The World Spider Catalog treats Loxoscelinae as a subfamily of Sicariidae, [1] though some sources still recognize Loxoscelidae as a separate family (e.g., [8] [9]). A phylogenetic study in 2017 showed that the African species of Sicarius were distinct, and placed them in the revived genus Hexophthalma .
Other spiders in western states that might possibly cause necrotic injuries are the hobo spider, desert recluse spider, and the yellow sac spider. For example, the venom of the hobo spider , a common European species now established in the northwestern United States and southern British Columbia , has been reported to produce similar symptoms ...
The Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is known as araña de rincón, or "corner spider"; in Brazilian Portuguese, as aranha-marrom or "brown spider". It is considered by many to be the most dangerous of recluse spiders, and ...
Spider taxonomy is the part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida, which has more than 48,500 described species. [1]