Loxosceles_adelaida

<i>Loxosceles adelaida</i>

Loxosceles adelaida

Species of venomous recluse spider

Loxosceles adelaida is a species of venomous recluse spider found in South America.

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L. adelaida inhabits mainly in caves, but has also been reported in forests adjacent to caves in Brazil.[1] A recent study on the biological activity of venom of this species proved that it has a similar potential to induce hemolysis, dermonecrosis and lethality that L. gaucho, its venom produced a component of 31 kDa, endowed with hemolytic and dermonecrotic activities, therefore it has the potential to cause serious accidents as well as synanthropic species.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Spider Loxosceles adelaida GERSTCH, 1967 (Araneae, Sicariidae) in the Karstic Area of Ribeira Valley, PETAR, Sao Paulo, Brazil". Science Alert. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  2. [2]
    Pretel, Fernando; Gonçalves-de-Andrade, Rute M.; Magnoli, Fabio Carlos; da Silva, Maria Esther R.; Ferreira, Jorge M. C.; van den Berg, Carmen W.; Tambourgi, Denise V. (2005-03-15). "Analysis of the toxic potential of venom from Loxosceles adelaida, a Brazilian brown spider from karstic areas". Toxicon. 45 (4): 449–458. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.12.002. ISSN 0041-0101. PMID 15733566.


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