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- Title
Alien spiders: First record of Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazon region, Brazil.
- Authors
Queiroz Almeida, Marlus; Rafael Alves-Oliveira, João; de Mello Mendes, Diego Matheus; Sobral, Rafael; Moreira da Silva-Neto, Alberto; Wellington de Morais, José
- Abstract
We present the first record for Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 in the Amazonian region of Brazil. Four males, fifteen females and forty-nine immatures were collected in different places in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. This is the third species of Loxosceles reported in the Amazon region along with L. amazonica Gertsch, 1967, and L. similis Moenkhaus, 1898. This is the first record of an invasive species of a venomous animal in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, which is noteworthy due to its synanthropic habit, which increases the risk to the local population.
- Subjects
SPIDERS; INTRODUCED species; LOXOSCELES; SYNANTHROPIC plants; INSECT identification
- Publication
Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2019, p1
- ISSN
0031-1049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.53