Loxosceles deserta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sicariidae |
| Genus: | Loxosceles |
| Species: | L. deserta
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| Loxosceles deserta Gertsch, 1973
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| Range of L. deserta within the United States shown in yellow. Mexican range not available. | |
Loxosceles deserta, commonly known as the desert recluse, is a recluse spider of the family Sicariidae.[1] It is found in Mexico and the United States.
The desert recluse is commonly misidentified as
Distribution
This spider is found in the eastern half of southern California, the southern tip of Nevada, the western half of Arizona, throughout northern, central, eastern, and southwestern New Mexico, the southwestern corner of Utah[3][4] and into northwestern Mexico.[5]
It dwells in the wild, and its only domestic occurrence is that near native vegetation, avoiding urban areas in the desert and even green lawns.
Venom
References
- ^ Norman I. Platnick (2011). "Family Sicariidae". The World Spider Catalog, version 11.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ^ S2CID 7746032.
- ^ Chris Wirth (October 7, 2005). "Distribution of brown spiders native to the United States". BugGuide. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- S2CID 43449535. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2009-07-09.
- ^ according to Gertsch, 1973;"Loxosceles deserta". Interagency Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- S2CID 67825881.
- PMID 4241848.
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