''Loxosceles guatemala'' is a species of recluse spider found in caves located in Guatemala. Related to

Loxosceles yucatana 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 Spider bite, venomous spiders known for their bite, whic ...

but can be distinguished by its

epigyne The epigyne or epigynum is the external genital structure of female spiders. As the epigyne varies greatly in form in different species, even in closely related ones, it often provides the most distinctive characteristic for recognizing species. ...

which are described as being broad with narrow separated pouches each with one erect apically enlarged receptacle and two short outside fingers.

Description

It was described from a female holotype found in a cave in Lanquín,

Alta Verapaz Alta Verapaz () is a Departments of Guatemala, department in the north central part of Guatemala. The capital and chief city of the department is Cobán. Verapaz is bordered to the north by Petén (department), El Petén, to the east by Izabal ...

in Guatemala. Its length was 9.8mm with a carapace 4.2mm long and 3.4mm wide and with a Abdomen 5.6mm long and 3.5mm wide. It is bright orange with dusky brown markings on the carapace and a whitish abdomen covered with dusky hairs.

References

Sicariidae Spiders described in 1973 Cave spiders {{Araneomorphae-stub