†Loxosceles defecta Wunderlich 1988 (recluse spider)
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Arachnida - Araneae - Sicariidae
Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 1988. Die fossilen Spinnen im dominikanischen Bernstein. Beiträge zur Araneologie 2:1-378
Belongs to Loxosceles according to I. L. F. Magalhaes et al. 2022
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Wunderlich 1988
Sister taxon: Loxosceles deformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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