Loxosceles deserta
| Loxosceles deserta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sicariidae |
| Genus: | Loxosceles |
| Species: | L. deserta
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxosceles deserta Gertsch, 1973
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| Range of L. deserta within the United States shown in yellow. Mexican range not available. | |
Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a brown spider of the Sicariidae family.[1]
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.[2]
Distribution
This spider can be found in the eastern half of southern California, the southern tip of Nevada, the western half of Arizona, the southwestern corner of Utah,[3][4] and into Mexico.[5]
It dwells in the wild, and its only domestic occurrence is that near native vegetation, avoiding urban areas in the desert and even green lawns.[2] The spiders are particularly dense in packrat dens.[6]
Venom
Lesions of the skin can be caused by the venomous bite of the desert recluse.[7] This occurs through the same mechanism responsible for the effects of the brown recluse bite.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Norman I. Platnick (2011). "Family Sicariidae". The World Spider Catalog, version 11.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ a b c R. S. Vetter (2008). "Spiders of the genus Loxosceles: a review of biological, medical and psychological aspects regarding envenomations" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 36 (3): 150–163. doi:10.1636/RSt08-06.1.
- ^ Chris Wirth (October 7, 2005). "Distribution of brown spiders native to the United States". BugGuide. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ Ingi Agnarsson, Jonathan A. Coddington & Laura J. May-Collado (2007). "Elongated pedicillate setae: a putative sensory system and synapomorphy of spiders" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 35 (3): 411–426. doi:10.1636/SH07-01.1.
- ^ according to Gertsch, 1973;"Loxosceles deserta". Interagency Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ Jennifer Parks, William V. Stoecker & Charles Kristensen (2006). "Observations on Loxosceles reclusa (Araneae, Sicariidae) feeding on short-horned grasshoppers" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 34 (1): 221–226. doi:10.1636/S04-32.1.
- ^ F. E. Russell, W. G. Waldron & M. B. Madon (1969). "Bites by the brown spiders Loxosceles unicolor and Loxosceles arizonica in California and Arizona". Toxicon. 7 (2): 109–117. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(69)90073-7. PMID 4241848.
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