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Sixeyed Sicariid Spiders
Sicariidae
Sicariidae is a family of six-eyed venomous spiders known for their allegedly necrotic bites. The members of this family are haplogyne, possessing unsclerotised genitals in females. The family consists of two genera, Loxosceles and Sicarius, and contains about 132 species. Well known spiders in this family include the brown recluse spider and the assassin spider.
2 branches of this family, most-observed first
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48140.