Long time not seen: Expanding the records of Loxosceles amazonica (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazonas state, Brazil

Long time not seen: Expanding the records of Loxosceles amazonica (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazonas state, Brazil

ABSTRACT Spiders of the genus Loxosceles, commonly known as brown recluse spiders, can cause serious accidents in humans. Their venom has a powerful proteolytic and hemolytic action. Each year these spiders are the cause of a great number of araneism in Brazil. This work presents new records of Loxo...

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Main Authors: Marlus Q. ALMEIDA, Lidianne SALVATIERRA, Thiago G. CARVALHO, Francisco J. PRESTES, Antonio D. BRESCOVIT, Thierry R. GASNIER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2017-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
Brown recluse spiders
venomous spider
loxoscelism
distribution
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aa/v47n2/1809-4392-aa-47-02-00163.pdf

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