Mediterranean recluse spider

Mediterranean recluse spider
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sicariidae
Genus:	Loxosceles
Species:	L. rufescens
Binomial name
Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)
Synonyms
Loxosceles citigrada Heineken & Lowe, 1832 Loxosceles compactilis Simon, 1881 Loxosceles distincta (Lucas, 1846) Loxosceles erythrocephala (C.L. Koch, 1838) Loxosceles indrabeles Tikader, 1963 Loxosceles marylandicus Muma, 1944 Omosita rufescens (Dufour, 1820) Scytodes distincta Lucas, 1846 Scytodes erythrocephala C. L. Koch, 1838 Scytodes pallida Blackwall, 1865 Scytodes rufescens Dufour, 1820 Spermophora comoroensis Butler, 1879

Loxosceles rufescens, the Mediterranean recluse spider, originated in the Mediterranean region as its name implies, but is now found worldwide.

Like other species of the genus Loxosceles, bites from the Mediterranean recluse spider can have dangerous effects, causing skin lesions – a condition known as loxoscelism. Despite co-occurrence with humans for millennia, there is only a single report of a human fatality linked to a bite from this species, a case report from 2016 in which no spider was captured for a confirmed identification, and in which the victim suffered from an autoimmune disorder (myasthenia gravis).

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