Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue: 1

New record of the mediterranean recluse spider Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour) from eastern India

  • Author:
  • Somanath Sahoo*, Gitanjali Mishra, Jaya Kishor Seth, Laxman Kumar Murmu, Santhosh Goud
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: May 17, 2023
  • Page Number: 222 to 224

Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Ganjam, 760007, Odisha, India

*Email: cool.somanath@gmail.com: ORCID ID 0000-0002-0638-9497

Online Published on 17 May, 2023.

Abstract

A new record of Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820) (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Eastern India is discussed herein. This paper extends the distribution of L. rufencens from Western India to Eastern India. It was sampled from the wild habitat area inside the campus of Berhampur University, Ganjam, Odisha, India.

Keywords

Loxosceles rufescens, Sicariidae, Mediterranean recluse spider, Eastern India, New record, Invasive species, Distribution, Redescription