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Social media filtering of sensationalistic news on spiders—A global overview
People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 7, Page 1687-1696, July 2025.Abstract The interplay between traditional and social media is a critical aspect of information dissemination. Acting as news filters, social media platforms can amplify the visibility of specific content and shape emotions towards wildlife. Widely feared animals (e.g.
Veronica Nanni +3 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2005 O Estado do Paraná registra anualmente uma média de 2.577 acidentes loxoscélicos por ano, logo o conhecimento da distribuição das espécies do gênero Loxosceles é extremamente importante para elaboração de ações de controle e manejo.
Emanuel Marques-da-Silva +1 more
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Three new species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Brazilian caves
European Journal of TaxonomyThree new species of recluse spiders are described from Brazilian caves with both males and females. Loxosceles boqueirao Bertani & Gallão sp. nov. is found in the State of Bahia, in the Serra do Ramalho karst area, it belongs to the rufescens species ...
Rogério Bertani +3 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 35, Issue 15, April 10, 2025.Nanofibrils are considered the universal building blocks of spider silks. In this work, the thinnest natural spider silk nanofibrils are imaged, measured, and mechanically tested for the first time. Gaining insight into the mechanics of silk at the nanoscale is important.
Jacob Silliman +2 more
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Contribution to the distribution of spiders with significant medical importance (Araneae: Loxosceles and Latrodectus) in Iran, with a new record for the country [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2014 A faunistic review is given on the Iranian medically important spiders of two genera Loxosceles and Latrodectus. Latrodectus cinctus Blackwall, 1865 is reported for the first time from Iran (and for the second time from Asia) and is replaced with the ...
Alireza Zamani +3 more
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Toxins, 2022 Bites of Loxosceles spiders can lead to a set of clinical manifestations called loxoscelism, and are considered a public health problem in many regions. The signs and symptoms of loxoscelism are divided into cutaneous and systemic forms.
Luiza Helena Gremski +7 more
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Pyoderma gangrenosum und Spinnenbisse: eine Fallserie [PDF]
J Dtsch Dermatol GesJDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 23, Issue 8, Page 997-1000, August 2025.
Rapparini L +6 more
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Ecography, Volume 2025, Issue 4, April 2025.Relative to its size, tropical Asia is likely to be the richest region in terms of biodiversity. However, the factors of species diversity formation and maintenance in Southeast (SE) Asia and neighboring regions remain poorly understood. Here we infer the evolutionary relationships within psilodercid spiders by incorporating fossil information into a ...
Fengyuan Li +3 more
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Panorama epidemiológico del loxoscelismo en el Perú.
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 1997 Se describen los principales aspectos epidemiológicos del loxoscelismo en el Perú. Las arañas caseras L. laeta y L. rufipes son las responsables del loxoscelismo an el país.
Hernán Sanabria, Alfonso Zavaleta
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Under an integrative taxonomic approach: the description of a new species of the genus Loxosceles (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Mexico City [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 A new species of the spider genus Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832, Loxosceles tenochtitlan Valdez-Mondragón & Navarro-Rodríguez, sp. nov., is described based on adult male and female specimens from the states of Mexico City, Estado de ...
Alejandro Valdez-Mondragón +4 more
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