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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Sicariidae » Brown Spiders (Loxosceles) » Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
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Left palp - Loxosceles reclusa - male
Copyright © 2012 Chad Heins

Left palp - Loxosceles reclusa - Male
December 10, 2010
Size: 1 cm
Just adding a picture of the pedipalp.

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Brown Recluse? - Loxosceles reclusa Brown Recluse? - Loxosceles reclusa Left palp - Loxosceles reclusa - male
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Contributed by Chad Heins on 3 April, 2012 - 12:21pm
Last updated 16 October, 2012 - 1:13pm

Moved
Moved from Recluse Spiders.
… Chad Heins, 16 October, 2012 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

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Very nice. I see in Gertsch and Ennik 1983 that there is already a L. reclusa record for Minnesota (1953, Wabasha County, Lake City, floor of downtown apartment, 2 males).

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 4 April, 2012 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

 
reclusa?
Kevin,

Do you think it is L. reclusa? I didn't want to rule out other species quickly since it came in a package.

Chad!
… Chad Heins, 4 April, 2012 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Hah, good question. That woul
Hah, good question. That would be my guess, but I've only looked very briefly at the one reference. Before commiting myself, I'd want to spend some more time studying it under the microscope -- not least because I have no experience whatsoever with the genus.

What do you think? (Gertsch & Ennik 1983 is available online.)
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 4 April, 2012 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

 
I looked at that paper and wa
I looked at that paper and was leaning toward L. reclusa. I might have to get the specimen out again and get some measurements and perhaps some different palp angles.
… Chad Heins, 4 April, 2012 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

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