Species Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)
- Scytodes rufescens Dufour, L. 1820. Description de cinq Arachnides nouvelles. Annales Generales des Sciences physiques 5: 198-209 [203].
Type data:
Status unknown, (lost), Sagunto, Valencia Province, Spain.Secondary source:
Gertsch, W.J. 1967. The spider genus Loxosceles in South America (Araneae, Scytodidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 136: 117-173; Gertsch, W.J. & Ennik, F. 1983. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 175: 264-360. - Loxoceles citigrada Heineken, C. & Lowe, R.T. in Lowe, R.T. 1832. Descriptions of two species of Araneidae, natives of Madeira. Zoological Journal London 5: 320-323.
Distribution
States
South Australia
IBRA
SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs
Ecological Descriptors
Predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced.
General References
Gray, M.R. 1974. Records of Loxosceline Spiders from Australia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia N.S.W. 8: 46
Southcott, R.V. 1976. Arachnidism and allied syndromes in the Australian region. Records of the Adelaide Children's Hospital 1: 97-186
Sutherland, S.K. 1983. Australian Animal Toxins. Melbourne : Oxford Univ. Press 527 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |