224) Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)

Records: Baghlan: [Bag6]; Farah: [Fa3], [Fa9]; Herat: [He7], [He8]; Kandahar: [Kan2]; Kunar: [Kun1], [Kun7], [Kun8], [Kun10]; Laghman: [Lagh3]; Nangarhar: [Nan 8], [Nan 11], [Nan 17]; Parwan: [Par11].

Distribution: Southern Europe, northern Africa to Afghanistan. Introduced to USA, Mexico, Peru, Macaronesia, South Africa, India, China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Australia, Hawaii.

References:

Loxosceles rufescens: Denis 1958: 84.— Roewer 1960b: 37.— Zamani et al. 2021a: 671, figs 2F, 7D, 8A–C (♀).

Comments: As per Zamani et al. (2021a), the records from Kandahar by Denis (1958) and from Baghlan by Roewer (1960b) are doubtful.