''Linothele'' is a

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n curtain web spiders that was first described by

Ferdinand Karsch Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch or Karsch-Haack (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist. The son of a doctor, Karsch was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Univers ...

in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low

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, were isolated in the venom,

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and Ls2. These two toxins have been shown to be quite lethal to white mice by injection into the cerebroventricular region. The lethal dose of Ls1 and Ls2 is 24 and 19 μg / kg respectively, both toxins represent 0.21% and 0.43% of the weight of the whole venom.

Species

it contains twenty-one species: *'' Linothele cavicola'' Goloboff, 1994 – Ecuador *''

Linothele cristata ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' (Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Brazil *'' Linothele curvitarsis'' Karsch, 1879 ( type) – Venezuela *''

Linothele fallax ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' (Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Bolivia, Brazil *'' Linothele gaujoni'' (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador *'' Linothele jelskii'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Peru *'' Linothele longicauda'' (Ausserer, 1871) – Ecuador *''

Linothele macrothelifera ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

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, 1908 – Colombia *'' Linothele melloleitaoi'' ( Brignoli, 1983) – Colombia *'' Linothele monticolens'' (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru *''

Linothele paulistana ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' (Mello-Leitão, 1924) – Brazil *''

Linothele pukachumpi ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador *''

Linothele quori ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador *''

Linothele septentrionalis ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021 – Bahamas *''

Linothele sericata ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' (Karsch, 1879) – Colombia *''

Linothele sexfasciata ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) – Venezuela *''

Linothele spinosa ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021 – Peru *''

Linothele tsachilas ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador *''

Linothele uniformis ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021 – Peru *''

Linothele yanachanka ''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879. The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...

'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador *'' Linothele zaia'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador

References

Dipluridae Mygalomorphae genera Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch {{Mygalomorphae-stub