Recluse Spiders (Sicariidae)
摘要
The small family includes about 200 species of six-eyed spiders. Included in this family is the genus Loxosceles, commonly referred to as recluse spiders or violin spiders (because of the marking on their forebody). These spiders are small to medium-sized, and their six eyes are arranged in three groups (Fig. 4.10). Recluse spiders naturally occur only in North and South America, in Africa up to the Mediterranean region, and sporadically in Asia. They are absent in Southeast Asia and Australia. These spiders do not build webs and live as ambush predators.