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Loxosceles rufescens

(Dufour, 1820)
Arthropoda » Araneae » Sicariidae » Loxosceles rufescens
Common name (English)
Mediterranean recluse
Ηabitat
H3 Inland rock
G3 Coniferous woodland
B1 Coastal Sand
F7 Spiny Mediterranean
G5 Anthropogenic woodlands
I1 Arable
D: Wetlands
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X21 Archaeological

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1986
Online resource
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/34307
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Organic packing material – Org
Pathway detail

CBD pathway per EASIN (2023).

References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 34(Supplement): 1-173 pp.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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