Chilean recluse spider

Chilean recluse spider
Immature female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sicariidae
Genus: Loxosceles
Species:
L. laeta
Binomial name
Loxosceles laeta
(Nicolet, 1849)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Scytodes laeta Nicolet, 1849
  • Scytodes rufipes Nicolet, 1849
  • Scytodes nigella Nicolet, 1849
  • Omosita bicolor Holmberg, 1876
  • Loxosceles longipalpis Banks, 1902
  • Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Loxosceles nesophila Chamberlin, 1920
  • Loxosceles yura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942

The Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta, is a highly venomous spider of the family Sicariidae. In Spanish, it (and other South American recluse spiders) is known as araña de rincón, or "corner spider"; in Brazilian Portuguese, as aranha-marrom or "brown spider". It is considered by many to be the most dangerous of recluse spiders, and its bites often result in serious systemic reactions, up to and including death.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WSC_s34279 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ livinginperu (2006-07-13). "15-year old dies from spider bite". Traveling and Living in Peru. Retrieved 2020-10-12.