Genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832

Type species.

Loxosceles citigrada Heineken & Lowe, 1832.

Diagnosis.

Members of the genus Loxosceles are distinguished from all other Sicariidae, Sicarius and Hexophthalma, by the absence of soil-adhering setae and a large colulus, soil-adhering setae present and large colulus absent in the latter genera (Magalhaes et al. 2017).

Description.

(For complete description see Gertsch 1967). Medium-sized spiders (6-12 mm); two tarsal claws; ecribellate; haplogyne; six-eyes in three diads; chelicerae with stridulatory files; stridulatory pick at base of palpal femur.

Composition.

143 species (World Spider Catalog 2023), plus the two new species herein described: L. binfordae sp. nov. and L. guayllabamba sp. nov.

Distribution.

Americas, Southern Africa, the Mediterranean region, and South Europe.