New record and distribution of Loxosceles amazonica Gertsch, 1967 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the state of Ceará, Brazil

By

Azevedo, Raul
Texeira, Paulo Marcelo De Souza
Siqueira, Rômmulo Celly Lima
Brescovit, Antonio D.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-2-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

10

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

207--208

Subjects

Araneae , Brazil , Ceará , Loxosceles amazonica , new record , Sicariidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/10.1.207

 

Abstract

The spiders of the genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 have a wide distribution in tropical and temperate regions and 30 species have been recorded for South America. The amazonica group is represented only by Loxosceles amazonica, and there are records from the north, midwest and northeast of Brazil. The aim of this note is to present a new record of L. amazonica for the municipal district of Sobral, in the state of Ceará, Brazil and produce a check-list of this species in this state.