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Genus: Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 | Family: Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880

Loxosceles smithi Simon, 1897

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002736

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Described:

Distribution: Ethiopia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania

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Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Loxosceles smithii Simon, 1897f: 386 (Dm) Original description

Loxosceles smithi Lotz, 2012: 32, f. 9J (m)

Loxosceles smithi Lotz, 2017a: 489, f. 15, 34 (m, Df)

References

Lotz, L. N. (2012). Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 3522: 1-41. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3522.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Lotz, L. N. (2017a). An update on the spider genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Afrotropical region, with description of seven new species. Zootaxa 4341(4): 475-494. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.2 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897f). Araneae. In: Smith, A. D. (ed.) Through unknown African countries. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu. Edward Arnold, London, New York, pp. 386-391. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.12496 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2017-11-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Lotz, 2017a
2017-11-02	First description of female	Lotz, 2017a	Old value
2017-11-02	Species distribution update	Lotz, 2017a	Old value