Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940
brown recluse
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FAMILY: SICARIIDAE Keyserling, 1880 Genus: Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1835 Species: Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
sixeyed sicariid spiders
Genus Common Name:
recluse spiders
Species Common Name:
brown recluse
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
CO FL MS MO OK TX WY
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Seasonality
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† (not yet recorded or unknown)
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
| Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik 1940 |
| Loxosceles reclusus Gertsch & Mulaik 1940 |
| Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch 1958 |
| Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Ennik 1983 |
Taxonomic References‡
Gertsch, W. J. 1958. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies. Am. Mus. Novit. 1907: 1-46.
Gertsch, W. J. & F. Ennik. 1983. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 175: 264-360.
Gertsch, W. J. & S. Mulaik. 1940. The spiders of Texas. I. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 77: 307-340.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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