Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832
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Genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 View in CoL View at ENA
Type species.
Loxosceles citigrada Heineken & Lowe, 1832.
Diagnosis.
Members of the genus Loxosceles are distinguished from all other Sicariidae , Sicarius and Hexophthalma , by the absence of soil-adhering setae and a large colulus, soil-adhering setae present and large colulus absent in the latter genera ( Magalhaes et al. 2017).
Description.
(For complete description see Gertsch 1967). Medium-sized spiders (6-12 mm); two tarsal claws; ecribellate; haplogyne; six-eyes in three diads; chelicerae with stridulatory files; stridulatory pick at base of palpal femur.
Composition.
143 species ( World Spider Catalog 2023), plus the two new species herein described: L. binfordae sp. nov. and L. guayllabamba sp. nov.
Distribution.
Americas, Southern Africa, the Mediterranean region, and South Europe.
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