Loxosceles arizonica

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Loxosceles arizonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sicariidae
Genus: Loxosceles
Species:
L. arizonica
Binomial name
Loxosceles arizonica
Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940[1]

Loxosceles arizonica, known as the Arizona brown spider,[2] is a species of spider in the family Sicariidae.[1] Field studies suggest that ants are its major prey, especially ants of the genera Novomessor and Camponotus.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Loxosceles arizonica Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-10-05
  2. ^ Werner, Floyd G. (1968), "The Arizona Brown Spider", Progressive Agriculture in Arizona, 20 (6): 12–13, retrieved 2016-10-04
  3. ^ Richman, David B. (1973), "Field Studies on the Biology of Loxosceles arizonica Gertsch and Mulaik (Araneae, Scytodidae)", Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science, 8 (3): 124–126, doi:10.2307/40021776, JSTOR 40021776