The genus
Loxosceles was established by Heinecken & Lowe in 1832, with
Loxosceles rufescens as the type species. The genus has been revised by Lotz (2012, 2017) and Magalhães et al. (2017).
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L. spinulosa , this genus includes 148 species. These species have articles on Wikipedia: •
Loxosceles accepta Chamberlin, 1920 –
Peru •
Loxosceles adelaida Gertsch, 1967 –
Brazil •
Loxosceles apachea Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 –
United States,
Mexico •
Loxosceles arizonica Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – United States •
Loxosceles blanda Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States •
Loxosceles cederbergensis Lotz, 2017 –
South Africa •
Loxosceles coheni Zamani, Mirshamsi &
Marusik, 2021 –
Iran •
Loxosceles dejagerae Lotz, 2017 – South Africa •
Loxosceles deserta Gertsch, 1973 – United States, Mexico •
Loxosceles devia Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – United States, Mexico •
Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 – Brazil. Introduced to
Tunisia •
Loxosceles guatemala Gertsch, 1973 –
Guatemala •
Loxosceles haddadi Lotz, 2017 – South Africa •
Loxosceles intermedia Mello-Leitão, 1934 – Brazil,
Argentina •
Loxosceles laeta (
Nicolet, 1849) – South America. Introduced to
Canada, United States, Gutemala,
Finland,
Australia •
Loxosceles makapanensis Lotz, 2017 – South Africa •
Loxosceles palma Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States, Mexico •
Loxosceles parramae Newlands, 1981 – South Africa •
Loxosceles pilosa Purcell, 1908 –
Namibia, South Africa •
Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – North America •
Loxosceles rufescens (
Dufour, 1820) – Southern Europe, northern Africa to Iran,
Afghanistan. Introduced to United States, Mexico, Peru,
Macaronesia,
St. Helena, South Africa,
India,
China,
Japan,
Korea,
Laos,
Thailand,
Philippines, Australia,
Hawaii (type species) •
Loxosceles similis Moenkhaus, 1898 – Brazil •
Loxosceles simillima Lawrence, 1927 –
DR Congo,
Angola,
Zambia,
Malawi, Namibia,
Botswana,
Zimbabwe,
Mozambique, South Africa •
Loxosceles sonora Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
Loxosceles speluncarum Simon, 1893 – South Africa •
Loxosceles spinulosa Purcell, 1904 – South Africa •
L. accepta Chamberlin, 1920 –
Peru •
L. adelaida Gertsch, 1967 –
Brazil •
L. alamosa Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 –
Mexico •
L. alicea Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. amazonica Gertsch, 1967 – Peru, Brazil •
L. anomala (
Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil •
L. apachea Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 –
United States, Mexico -
Apache recluse •
L. aranea Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico •
L. arizonica Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – United States -
Arizona recluse •
L. aurea Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico •
L. baja Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. barbara Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. belli Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico •
L. bentejui Planas & Ribera, 2015 –
Canary Islands •
L. bergeri Strand, 1906 –
Namibia •
L. bettyae Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. binfordae Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 –
Ecuador •
L. blancasi Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. blanda Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States •
L. bodoquena Bertani & Gallão, 2024 – Brazil •
L. boneti Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico,
El Salvador •
L. boqueirao Bertani & Gallão, 2024 – Brazil •
L. candela Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. carabobensis González-Sponga, 2010 –
Venezuela •
L. cardosoi Bertani, von Schimonsky & Gallão, 2018 – Brazil •
L. caribbaea Gertsch, 1958 –
Greater Antilles •
L. carinhanha Bertani, von Schimonsky & Gallão, 2018 – Brazil •
L. carmena Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. cederbergensis Lotz, 2017 –
South Africa •
L. chapadensis Bertani, Fukushima & Nagahama, 2010 – Brazil •
L. chinateca Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. coheni Zamani, Mirshamsi &
Marusik, 2021 –
Iran •
L. colima Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico •
L. conococha Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. coquimbo Gertsch, 1967 –
Chile •
L. corozalensis González-Sponga, 2010 – Venezuela •
L. coyote Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. cubana Gertsch, 1958 –
Cuba,
Bahama Is.
HIspaniola •
L. cubiroensis González-Sponga, 2010 – Venezuela •
L. curimaguensis González-Sponga, 2010 – Venezuela •
L. dejagerae Lotz, 2017 – South Africa •
L. deserta Gertsch, 1973 – United States, Mexico -
Desert recluse •
L. devia Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 – United States, Mexico •
L. diaguita Brescovit, Taucare-Ríos, Magalhaes & Santos, 2017 – Chile •
L. ericsoni Bertani, von Schimonsky & Gallão, 2018 – Brazil •
L. fontainei Millot, 1941 –
Guinea •
L. foutadjalloni Millot, 1941 – Guinea •
L. francisca Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. frizzelli Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. galianoa Magalhaes, 2025 –
Argentina •
L. gaucho Gertsch, 1967 –
Brazil. Introduced to
Tunisia -
Gaucho spider •
L. gloria Gertsch, 1967 – Ecuador, Peru •
L. griffinae Lotz, 2017 – Namibia •
L. guajira Cala-Riquelme, Gutiérrez-Estrada & Flórez, 2015 –
Colombia •
L. guatemala Gertsch, 1973 –
Guatemala •
L. guayllabamba Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 – Ecuador •
L. guayota Planas & Ribera, 2015 – Canary Islands •
L. haddadi Lotz, 2017 – South Africa •
L. harrietae Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. herreri Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. hirsuta Mello-Leitão, 1931 – Brazil,
Paraguay, Argentina •
L. huasteca Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. hupalupa Planas & Ribera, 2015 – Canary Islands •
L. imazighen Ribera & Massa, 2021 –
Morocco •
L. immodesta (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil •
L. inca Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. insula Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. intermedia Mello-Leitão, 1934 – Brazil, Argentina •
L. irishi Lotz, 2017 – Namibia •
L. jaca Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. jamaica Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 –
Jamaica •
L. jarmila Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Jamaica •
L. julia Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. kaiba Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States •
L. karstica Bertani, von Schimonsky & Gallão, 2018 – Brazil •
L. lacroixi Millot, 1941 –
Ivory Coast •
L. laeta (
Nicolet, 1849) –
South America. Introduced to
Canada, United States,
Gutemala,
Finland,
Australia -
Chilean recluse •
L. lawrencei Caporiacco, 1955 – Venezuela,
Trinidad,
Curaçao •
L. lutea Keyserling, 1877 – Colombia, Ecuador •
L. luteola Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico •
L. mahan Planas & Ribera, 2015 – Canary Islands •
L. maisi Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2013 – Cuba •
L. makapanensis Lotz, 2017 – South Africa •
L. malintzi Valdez-Mondragón, Cortez-Roldán, Juárez-Sánchez & Solís-Catalán, 2018 – Mexico •
L. manuela Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. maraisi Lotz, 2017 – Namibia •
L. martha Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States •
L. meruensis Tullgren, 1910 –
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Tanzania •
L. misteca Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico •
L. mogote Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2013 – Cuba •
L. mrazig Ribera & Planas, 2009 –
Algeria, Tunisia •
L. mulege Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. muriciensis Fukushima, de Andrade & Bertani, 2017 – Brazil •
L. nahuana Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico •
L. neuvillei Simon, 1909 – Ethiopia,
Somalia,
East Africa •
L. niedeguidonae de Andrade, Bertani, Nagahama & Barbosa, 2012 – Brazil •
L. olivaresi González-Sponga, 2010 – Venezuela •
L. olmea Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. pallalla Brescovit, Taucare-Ríos, Magalhaes & Santos, 2017 – Chile •
L. palma Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States, Mexico •
L. panama Gertsch, 1958 –
Panama •
L. parramae Newlands, 1981 – South Africa •
L. persica Ribera & Zamani, 2017 – Iran •
L. pilosa Purcell, 1908 – Namibia, South Africa •
L. piura Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. planetaria Bertani & Gallão, 2024 – Brazil •
L. pucara Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. puortoi Martins, Knysak & Bertani, 2002 – Brazil •
L. reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 –
North America -
Brown recluse •
L. rica Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 –
Costa Rica •
L. rosana Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. rothi Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. rufescens (
Dufour, 1820) –
Southern Europe,
northern Africa, Iran,
Afghanistan. Introduced to United States, Mexico, Peru,
Macaronesia,
St. Helena, South Africa,
India,
China,
Japan,
Korea,
Laos,
Thailand,
Philippines, Australia,
Hawaii (type species) -
Mediterranean recluse •
L. rufipes (
Lucas, 1834) – Guatemala, Panama,
Colombia. Introduced to
West Africa •
L. russelli Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States •
L. sabina Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – United States •
L. sansebastianensis González-Sponga, 2010 – Venezuela •
L. seri Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. similis Moenkhaus, 1898 – Brazil •
L. simillima Lawrence, 1927 –
DR Congo,
Angola,
Zambia,
Malawi, Namibia,
Botswana,
Zimbabwe,
Mozambique, South Africa •
L. smithi Simon, 1897 – Ethiopia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania •
L. sonora Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. spadicea Simon, 1907 – Peru,
Bolivia, Argentina •
L. speluncarum Simon, 1893 – South Africa •
L. spinulosa Purcell, 1904 – South Africa •
L. surca Gertsch, 1967 – Peru, Chile •
L. taeniopalpus Simon, 1907 – Ecuador •
L. taino Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Bahama Is. Jamaica,
Hispaniola •
L. tazarte Planas & Ribera, 2015 – Canary Islands •
L. tehuana Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico •
L. tenango Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico •
L. tenochtitlan Valdez-Mondragón & Navarro-Rodríguez, 2019 – Mexico •
L. teresa Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. tibicena Planas & Ribera, 2015 – Canary Islands •
L. tlacolula Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 – Mexico •
L. tolantongo Navarro-Rodríguez & Valdez-Mondragón, 2020 – Mexico •
L. troglobia Souza & Ferreira, 2018 – Brazil •
L. turanensis Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2021 – Iran,
Turkmenistan •
L. valdosa Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico •
L. vallenar Brescovit, Taucare-Ríos, Magalhaes & Santos, 2017 – Chile •
L. variegata Simon, 1897 – Paraguay, Argentina •
L. vicentei Taucare-Ríos, Brescovit & Villablanca, 2022 – Chile •
L. virgo Gertsch & Ennik, 1983 –
Virgin Islands •
L. vonwredei Newlands, 1980 – Namibia •
L. weyrauchi Gertsch, 1967 – Peru •
L. willianilsoni Fukushima, de Andrade & Bertani, 2017 – Brazil •
L. yucatana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 – Mexico,
Belize, Guatemala •
L. zapoteca Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico ==See also==