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'Burning Violin': The Medically Important Spider Genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, With Two New Species




AuthorsZamani A, Mirshamsi O, Marusik YM

PublisherOxford University Press

Publication year2021

JournalJournal of Medical Entomology

Journal name in sourceJournal of medical entomology

Journal acronymJ Med Entomol

Article numbertjaa257

ISSN0022-2585

eISSN1938-2928

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa257


Abstract
The taxonomic status of the medically important spider genus Loxosceles Heineken et Lowe, 1832 (Sicariidae) in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan is revised. Two species are described as new to science: Loxosceles coheni sp. n. (♂♀, southwestern Iran) and Loxosceles turanensis sp. n. (♂♀, southern Turkmenistan and eastern Iran). Additionally, Loxosceles alicea Gertsch, 1967 syn. n. (♀, Peru) is synonymized with Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820). The local distribution of all treated species is mapped (including several new records), and reported cases of loxoscelism from this region are briefly reviewed.



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