The genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe 1832 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Colombia, with description of new cave-dwelling species

Autor:	Miguel A. Gutiérrez-Estrada, Franklyn Cala-Riquelme, Eduardo Flórez Daza
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	geography geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology Biogeography Biodiversity Biology biology.organism_classification Cave dwelling Cave Genus Animal Science and Zoology Taxonomy (biology) Sicariidae Genus Loxosceles Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Zootaxa. 4012:396
ISSN:	1175-5334 1175-5326
DOI:	10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.12
Popis:	The genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832, the so-called brown or violin spiders, currently includes 107 species distributed in the subtropical-areas and tropics of Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and America (World Spider Catalog 2015). Species of this genus may live in both natural habitats (under rocks, trunks, inside tree holes and caves) and inside houses (Gertsch 1967; Bertani et al. 2010). Loxosceles is a group of medical importance in several regions of the world, due to the large number of cases of envenomation registered annually (Swanson & Vetter 2006; Vetter 2008; Vetter et al . 2009). Gertsch (1967, 1983) conducted the most comprehensive revisions for Loxosceles in America, and proposed several species groups. More recently, the genus has been the focus of several studies including taxonomic revisions, phylogenetic analyses and biogeography (Duncan et al . 2010; Bertani et al. 2010; Goncalves-de-Andrade et al . 2012; Lotz 2012; Sanchez-Ruiz & Brescovit 2013; Planas & Ribera 2014; Binford et al . 2008).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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