| Loxosceles palma | |
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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. palma
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxosceles palma Gertsch, 1983
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Loxosceles palma is a species of venomous recluse spider in the family Sicariidae. It is native to Baja California, Mexico.[1] The species name palma comes from the Latin word for palm, and was named as such after the palm canyons in both California, and Baja California.
L. palma mainly inhabits deep canyons, such as the San Jacinto Mountains, in California. They tend to hide under rocks.[2]
- ^ Valdez-Mondragón, A.; Cortez-Roldán, M. R.; Juárez-Sánchez, A. R.; Solís-Catalán, K. P. (2018). "A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae, Sicariidae), with updated distribution records and biogeographical comments for the species from Mexico, including a new record of Loxoscelesrufescens (Dufour)". ZooKeys (802): 39–66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.802.28445. PMC 6290044. PMID 30568529.
- ^ Gertsch and Ennik, Willis and Franklin (1983). "The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 175, article 3". American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/981. Retrieved 23 October 2022.