Muito tempo sem ver: Expansão dos registros de Loxosceles amazonica (Araneae: Sicariidae) para o estado do Amazonas, Brasil

Abstract

Spiders of the genus Loxosceles, commonly known as brown recluse spiders, can cause serious accidents in humans. Their venom has a powerful proteolytic and hemolytic action. Each year these spiders are the cause of a great number of araneism in Brazil. This work presents new records of Loxosceles amazonica for the municipal districts of Manaus and Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil.