Loxosceles blanda Gertsch & Ennik, 1983

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 362

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.570.6095
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scientific name	Loxosceles blanda Gertsch & Ennik, 1983
status

Treatment

Loxosceles blanda Gertsch and Ennik 1983: 298 [S], mf, desc. (figs 68-71, 97-101); Jackman 1997: 35, 168; Vetter 2005: 514; Vetter 2008: 152; Vetter 2009: 519; Vetter 2015: 75, 78, 83

Loxosceles unicolor Keyserling, 1887; Kunath and Smith 1968: 51; Reddell 1965: 173; Vogel 1970b: 21 [part]

Loxosceles arizonicus Gertsch and Mulaik, 1940; Gertsch 1939b: 24; Vogel 1967: 121; Vogel 1970b: 21 [West Texas records]

Loxosceles arizonica Gertsch and Mulaik, 1940; Gertsch 1958b: 13 [some West Texas records]

Distribution.

Brewster, Crockett, Jeff Davis, Midland, Presidio, Terrell, Terry, Val Verde

Locality.

Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Chisos Basin, Chisos Mountains

Caves.

Terrell ( Bendele’s Uncave); Val Verde (Oriente Milestone Molasses Bat Cave, Seminole Sink)

Time of activity.

Male (March - June, September - October); female (March, May, July, September - October)

Habitat.

(landscape features: cave, under [rock, rocks on trail]); (structures: in house)

Type.

Texas (male, Terrell Co., Sanderson, May 26, 1952, W. J. Gertsch, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Latin, flattering

Collection.

MSU, NMSU, TAMU, TMM

References

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Sicariidae
Genus	Loxosceles