Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Sicariidae
Genus: Loxosceles
Characterisation
Troglophile?
Distribution
Southern Europe, northern Africa to Iran. Introduced to USA, Macaronesia, South Africa, India, China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Australia, Hawaii
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Chavara, Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Kropia / Closest settlement: Kitsi
  • Spilaio Nymfoliptou, Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Vari - Voula - Vouliagmeni / Closest settlement: Vari
  • Spilaio Evripidi, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Salamina / Closest settlement: Peristeria
  • Spilaio Rachi I, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Agia Paraskevi / Closest settlement: Agia Paraskevi
  • Spilaio Dimitras Melainas, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Ileia / Municipality: Zacharo / Closest settlement: Stomio
  • Spilaio Gravas Gardikiou, Lecigne 2023
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Agios Matthaios
  • Spilaio Katsouri, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Apolysoi
  • Spilaio Karoucha, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Syvros
  • Spilaio Pelade, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oinousa
  • Spilaio Katholikou, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Lera, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Stavros
  • Spilaio Agias Sofias, Roewer 1928, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kissamos / Closest settlement: Topolia
  • Spilaio Ellinospilios, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
  • Spilaio Foli Spilios, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1984
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
  • Spilaio Chonos Sarchou, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Sarchos
  • Spilaio Milatou, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
  • Spilaio Agiou Konstantinou, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Paralia Milatou
  • Spilaio Katsibourdou, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Zakros
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
  • Spilaio Nychteridon, Brignoli 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Karpathos / Closest settlement: Pigadia
  • Spilaio Agiou Ioanni, Bosmans & Gavalas 2023
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia
  • Spilaio Kyklopa, Bosmans & Gavalas 2023
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia
  • Spilaio Kokkinis Paralias, Lips 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Akrotiri
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I, Lips 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis II, Lips 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
  • Spilaio Kyra Panagia 1, Lips 2018, Lips 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Koloumpos
  • Spilaio Kyra Panagia 2, Lips 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Koloumpos
  • Spilaio Pelagos 2, Lips 2018, Lips 2018, Lips 2018, Lips 2018, Lips 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Koloumpos
  • Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
  • Spilaio Katafygi, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Messinia / Municipality: Dytiki Mani / Closest settlement: Agios Dimitrios
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bosmans, R. & Chatzaki, M. 2005. A catalogue of the spiders of Greece. A critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 20 (2): 1-124.
  • Bosmans R, Gavalas I. 2023. The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 3-93
  • Bosmans, R., Van Keer, J., Russell-Smith, A., Kronestedt, T., Alderweireldt, M., Bosselaers, J. & De Koninck, H. 2013. Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek Island of Crete. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 28 (1): 1-147.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1974. Ragni di Grecia VI. Specie nuove o interessanti dele isole Ionie a della Morea. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 155-175.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1977. Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (4): 937-954.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Lecigne S. 2023. New contribution to the spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kerkyra (Corfu) and update of the provisional checklist of species from the Ionian Island.. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society, 38:1, supplement: 1-51
  • Lips B 2018. Expédition biospéologique dans l’île de Santorin (Grèce). Echo des Vulcains, 75: 28-39
  • Roewer, C. F. 1928. XI. Araneae. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta II. Publisher, Bremen. pp. 92-124.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 12.02.2018, Accessed 09.10.2025