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Loxosceles Blanda
''Loxosceles blanda'', the Big Bend recluse, is a species of recluse spider in the family Sicariidae Sicariidae is a family of six-eyed venomous spiders known for their potentially necrotic bites. The family consists of three genera and about 160 species. Well known spiders in this family include the brown recluse spider and the six-eyed sand .... It is found in the United States. References Sicariidae Articles created by Qbugbot Spiders described in 1983 {{araneomorphae-stub ...
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Recluse Spider
The recluse spiders (''Loxosceles'' (), also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, is a genus of spiders that was first described by R. T. Lowe in 1832. They are venomous spiders known for their bite, which sometimes produces a characteristic set of symptoms known as loxoscelism. Recluse spiders are now identified as members of the family Sicariidae, having formerly been placed in their own family, the Loxoscelidae. Although recluse spiders are feared, they are usually not aggressive. Relation with other spiders Sicariidae are of the superfamily Scytodoidea. Other families in the Scytodoidea include Drymusidae, Scytodidae, and Periegopidae. Habitat and appearance ''Loxosceles'' is distributed nearly worldwide in warmer areas. All have six eyes arranged in three groups of two (dyads) and some are brownish with a darker brown characteristic violin marking on the cephalothorax. However, the "violin marking" cannot be used as a reliable way to ident ...
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Sicariidae
Sicariidae is a family of six-eyed venomous spiders known for their potentially necrotic bites. The family consists of three genera and about 160 species. Well known spiders in this family include the brown recluse spider and the six-eyed sand spider. Description ''Loxosceles'', commonly known as "recluse spiders" or "violin spiders", is distributed nearly worldwide in warmer areas. ''Hexophthalma'' and '' Sicarius'', commonly known as "sand spiders" or "assassin spiders", live in the deserts of southern Africa and South to Central America, respectively. They are known for their self-burying behavior and the ability to go for long periods without food or water. All members have six eyes arranged in three groups of two (dyads). Violin spiders are usually brownish with a darker brown characteristic violin marking on the cephalothorax. They are also haplogyne, meaning the females possessing unsclerotised genitals. ''Hexophthalma'' and ''Sicarius'' resemble crab spiders and lack ...
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