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Hexophthalma hahni (synonyms Sicarius hahni and Sicarius testaceus), known along with other members of the genus as the six-eyed sand spider, is a member of the family Sicariidae, found in deserts and other sandy places in southern Africa. Due to their flattened stance and laterigrade legs, they are also sometimes known as six-eyed crab spiders.
Sicarius albospinosus = Hexophthalma albospinosa (Purcell, 1908) Sicarius damarensis = Hexophthalma damarensis (Lawrence, 1928) Sicarius dolichocephalus = Hexophthalma dolichocephala (Lawrence, 1928) Sicarius hahni = Hexophthalma hahni (Karsch, 1878) (also = Sicarius testaceus) Sicarius spatulatus = Hexophthalma spatulata (Pocock, 1900)
Hexophthalma is a genus of spiders in the family Sicariidae. [1] Although the genus was originally erected in 1878 (then with the name Hexomma), it was merged into the genus Sicarius in the 1890s, and remained unused until revived in 2017, when it was discovered that the African species then placed in Sicarius were distinct.
The six-eyed sand spiders of southern Africa in the genus Hexophthalma and Sicarius from South America inject a cytotoxic venom, that contains sphingomyelinase D, [36] for which there is currently no antivenom. Fortunately, this specimen rarely interacts with humans, and is seldom known to bite.
Loxosceles, commonly known as "recluse spiders" or "violin spiders", are distributed nearly worldwide in warmer areas. Hexophthalma and Sicarius, commonly known as "sand spiders" or "assassin spiders", live in the deserts of southern Africa and South to Central America, respectively. [1]
Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847. S. andinus Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 — Peru; S. boliviensis Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2017 — Bolivia, Peru, Brazil ...
In the Koine Greek of Josephus the term σικάριοι sikarioi was used. In Latin, Sicarii is the plural form of Sicarius "dagger-man", "sickle-man". [5] Sica, possibly from Proto-Albanian *tsikā (whence Albanian thika, "knife"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ("to sharpen") possibly via Illyrian.
Archaeidae, also known as assassin spiders and pelican spiders, is a spider family with about ninety described species in five genera. [1] It contains small spiders, ranging from 2 to 8 millimetres (0.079 to 0.315 in) long, that prey exclusively on other spiders. [2]