Taxon details

Family: Sicariidae / Genus: Loxosceles

Loxosceles accepta Chamberlin, 1920

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-05-15
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002657]
  • Distribution: Peru
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; m (15955) (Magalhaes, 2025)
  • Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; 1m 3f 1jf 24j (15691-15692) (Magalhaes, 2025)
Taxonomic references
Loxosceles accepta Chamberlin, 1920b: 39, pl. 4, f. 4-5 (Dmf).
Loxosceles accepta Gertsch, 1967a: 158, pl. 9, f. 1-2, 7-8 (mf).
Loxosceles accepta Magalhaes, 2025: 23, f. 8c, 13a-f, h-k (mf).
References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1920b). South American Arachnida, chiefly from the Guano Islands of Peru. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences 3: 35-44. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. (1967a). The spider genus Loxosceles in South America (Araneae, Scytodidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 136: 117-174. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Magalhaes, I. L. F. (2025). A new large violin spider from Argentina, with a discussion on the homology and evolution of female genital structures in Loxosceles (Araneae Sicariidae). Invertebrate Systematics 39(IS24079): 1-25. doi:10.1071/IS24079 download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

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2025-05-15 New taxonomic reference entry Magalhaes, 2025 n/a