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Arthropods
Big Bend Recluse Spider
Loxosceles blanda
Authorship: Gertsch and Ennick
Notes
Our material is at New Mexico State University for verification. It is commonly encountered in pit-fall traps. It is venomous.
Sources
[Maldonado et al., 2006 (as Loxoscelus sp.)]
Taxonomic Classification
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
SubphylumChelicerata (Scorpions and spiders)
ClassArachnida
OrderARANEAE (Spiders)
FamilySICARIIDAE (Recluse Spider Family)
GenusLoxosceles
Speciesblanda