Biology: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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| 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 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.[2]
Distribution
This spider is found in the eastern half of southern California , the southern tip of Nevada, the western half of Arizona, throughout northern, central, eastern, and southwestern New Mexico, the southwestern corner of Utah[3][4] and into northwestern 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. http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SICARIIDAE.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 R. S. Vetter (2008). "Spiders of the genus Loxosceles: a review of biological, medical and psychological aspects regarding envenomations". Journal of Arachnology 36 (3): 150–163. doi:10.1636/RSt08-06.1. http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v36_n1/arac-36-1-150.pdf.
- ↑ Chris Wirth (October 7, 2005). "Distribution of brown spiders native to the United States". BugGuide. http://bugguide.net/node/view/33527.
- ↑ Ingi Agnarsson, Jonathan A. Coddington & Laura J. May-Collado (2007). "Elongated pedicillate setae: a putative sensory system and synapomorphy of spiders". Journal of Arachnology 35 (3): 411–426. doi:10.1636/SH07-01.1. http://theridiidae.com/Publications_files/Agnarssonetal2007c_1.pdf.
- ↑ according to Gertsch, 1973;"Loxosceles deserta". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=859863#null.
- ↑ Jennifer Parks, William V. Stoecker & Charles Kristensen (2006). "Observations on Loxosceles reclusa (Araneae, Sicariidae) feeding on short-horned grasshoppers". Journal of Arachnology 34 (1): 221–226. doi:10.1636/S04-32.1. http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v34_n1/arac-034-01-0221.pdf.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1647708 entry
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