Loxosceles
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Binford, G.J., Callahan, M.S., Bodner, M.R., Rynerson, M.R., Berea Núñez, P., Ellison, C.E., Duncan, R.P. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of Loxosceles and Sicarius spiders are consistent with Western Gondwanan vicariance. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:538-553.
Gertsch, W.J. 1958. The Spider Genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies. American Museum Novitates 1907: 1-46.
Gertsch, W.J. 1967. The Spider Genus Loxosceles in South America (Araneae, Scytodidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 138: 117-174.
Gertsch, W. J. & F. Ennik. 1983. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Hist. 175: 264-360.
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