Alien spiders: First record of Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazon region, Brazil

Alien spiders: First record of Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazon region, Brazil

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Abstract We present the first record for Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967 in the Amazonian region of Brazil.Four males, fifteen females Food Processors and forty-nine immatures were collected in different places in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.This is the third species of Loxosceles reported in the Amazon region along with L.

amazonica Gertsch, 1967, and L.similis Moenkhaus, 1898.This is the first record of an invasive species of a venomous animal in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, which is noteworthy due to its synanthropic habit, plastic plate which increases the risk to the local population.