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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.
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 ...
Only ten genera (Phoneutria, Atrax, Latrodectus, Loxosceles, Sicarius, Hexophthalma, Hadronyche, Illawarra, Macrothele and Missulena) are considered medically significant. [4] Bites of these spiders have a range of severity, with only a minority having severe symptoms.
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Sicarius ornatus is a species of venomous spider found in South America . It has a highly toxic venom like the other South American sicariid, Loxosceles laeta and the African Hexophthalma hahni , but there are few human bites recorded.