Nearctic States & Provinces: CO FL MS MO OK TX WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/2726
Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940
brown recluse
FAMILY: SICARIIDAE Keyserling, 1880
Genus: Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1835
Species: Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940
Common Names
Family Common Name:
sixeyed sicariid spiders
Genus Common Name:
recluse spiders
Species Common Name:
brown recluse
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CO FL MS MO OK TX WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Howell, James
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SICARIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1835‡‡
L. apachea Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 ...............USA, Mexico
L. arizonica Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 ...............USA
L. blanda Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 ...............USA
L. deserta Gertsch, 1973 ...............USA, Mexico
L. devia Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 ...............USA, Mexico
L. kaiba Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 ...............USA
L. laeta (Nicolet, 1849) ...............America, Finland, Australia
L. martha Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 ...............USA
L. palma Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 ...............USA, Mexico
L. rufescens (Dufour, 1820) ...............Cosmopolitan
L. russelli Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 ...............USA
L. sabina Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution