Species Loxosceles arizonica - Arizona Recluse

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Arizona Brown Recluse Spider - Loxosceles arizonica - male

Loxosceles arizonica - Loxosceles arizonica - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Synspermiata)

Family Sicariidae

Genus Loxosceles (Brown Spiders)

Species arizonica (Arizona Recluse)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Loxosceles arizonicus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940

Explanation of Names

arizonica - of or from Arizona

Identification

Tibia and tarsus of palps typically dark; darker than other US spp. (except reclusa, range does not include AZ)

Range

Sonoran desert and foothills of southern Arizona (1)

Works Cited

1.	The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies W. J. Gertsch & F. Ennik. 1983. American Museum of Natural History, Vol 175 (3): 265-360.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 29 June, 2010 - 1:34am
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins
Last updated 20 February, 2018 - 3:29am

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