Loxosceles, HEINECKEN & LOWE, 1832

Magalhaes, Ivan L F, Brescovit, Antonio D & Santos, Adalberto J, 2017, Phylogeny of Sicariidae spiders (Araneae: Haplogynae), with a monograph on Neotropical Sicarius, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (4), pp. 767-864 : 854

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LOXOSCELES HEINECKEN & LOWE, 1832 View in CoL

Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe View in CoL in Lowe, 1832: 321. Type species Loxosceles citigrada Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 (= Loxosceles rufescens Dufour, 1820 View in CoL ).

Omosites Walckenaer, 1833: 438 . Synonymized by Simon , 1893.

Loxoscella Strand, 1906: 668 . Synonymized by Gertsch & Ennik, 1983.

Calheirosia Mello-Leit ~ ao, 1917: 80. Synonymized by Brignoli, 1978.

Diagnosis: As that of the subfamily.

Description: As that of the subfamily.

Distribution: Native of Africa, America and the Mediterranean region. Some species (notably L. rufescens and L. laeta Nicolet ) have been introduced to other regions ( Gertsch & Ennik, 1983).

Species included: 107 known species (World Spider Catalog, 2015).