Citation

Lucas S. Toxicon 1988; 26(9): 759-772.

Affiliation

Department of Biology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3059583

Abstract

Descriptions of the principal venomous spiders in Brazil, of the genera Phoneutria, Loxosceles, Latrodectus and Scaptocosa, are given, together with a list of species and their geographical distribution. Detailed information on their habitat, behaviour and venom quantity, symptomatology of human accidents and epidemiology is given and recommendations are made for the prevention of accidents. General observations are made on the most common mygalomorph spiders.

Language: en