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Sicariidae (recluse spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Sicariidae

Taxonomy
Sicariidae was named by Keyserling (1880). It is extant.

It was assigned to Haplogynae by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Scytodoidea by Wheeler et al. (2017) and Magalhaes et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Sicariidae Keyserling
1893Loxoscelidae Simon
2013Sicariidae Dunlop et al.
2017Sicariidae Wheeler et al.
2022Sicariidae Magalhaes et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
SynspermiataMichalik and Ramírez 2014
superfamilyScytodoideaBlackwall 1864
familySicariidaeKeyserling 1880
familySicariidaeKeyserling 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Sicariidae Keyserling 1880 [recluse spider]
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G. Loxosceles Heineken and Lowe 1832
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Loxosceles defecta Wunderlich 1988
Loxosceles deformis Wunderlich 1988
Invalid names: Loxoscelidae Simon 1893 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Loxosceles sp., Loxosceles deformis, Loxosceles defecta (146557)