Loxosceles palma is a species of venomous recluse spider in the family Sicariidae. It is native to Baja California, Mexico.[1] The species name palma comes from the Latin word for palm, and was named as such after the palm canyons in both California, and Baja California.
| Loxosceles palma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sicariidae |
| Genus: | Loxosceles |
| Species: | L. palma
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| Binomial name | |
| Loxosceles palma Gertsch, 1983
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L. palma mainly inhabits deep canyons, such as the San Jacinto Mountains, in California. They tend to hide under rocks.[2]
References
edit- ^ Valdez-Mondragón, A.; Cortez-Roldán, M. R.; Juárez-Sánchez, A. R.; Solís-Catalán, K. P. (2018). "A new species of Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe (Araneae, Sicariidae), with updated distribution records and biogeographical comments for the species from Mexico, including a new record of Loxoscelesrufescens (Dufour)". ZooKeys (802): 39–66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.802.28445. PMC 6290044. PMID 30568529.
- ^ Gertsch and Ennik, Willis and Franklin (1983). "The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 175, article 3". American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/981. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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