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<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,491,1153,1179]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Loxosceles puortoi</emphasis>
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Figs. 
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.
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male (
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) and 
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female (
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) from Tatu Cave, Palmas, Tocantins, 
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(
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09° 
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' 
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''S
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, 
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° 
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' 
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''W
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), 
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.vi. 
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</date>
, R. Martins, I. Knysak &amp; G. Puorto coll.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[312,453,1387,1413]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is a patronym for the Brazilian herpetologist Giuseppe Puorto for his efforts in helping to collect the 
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specimens.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[312,440,1467,1493]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Males can be readily recognized from other species by the very narrow palpal femur and tibia: the palpal femur is about 
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times longer than wide and the palpal tibia about 
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times longer than wide (
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). Females can be distinguished from all other species except 
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<emphasis box="[443,459,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
. 
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Gertsch, 
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis box="[782,798,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
. 
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Gertsch &amp; Ennik, 
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis box="[1176,1192,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[1208,1323,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">lawrencei</emphasis>
Caporiacco, 
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and 
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<emphasis box="[529,545,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
. 
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(Lucas, 
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)
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by the presence of four spermathecae (
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Fig. 
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). It is distinguished from 
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. 
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by not having the tibia and tarsus of the palp incrassate and by leg II being longer than leg IV; from 
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<emphasis box="[920,936,1708,1733]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
. 
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and 
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<emphasis box="[1126,1142,1708,1733]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
. 
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by not having the two spermathecae of each side largely fused in the basal portion; and, from 
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<emphasis box="[1299,1315,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">L</emphasis>
. 
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by having the two spermathecae of each side with similar width.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,438,1795,1819]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">FIGURES 1–5.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName box="[447,564,1795,1818]" class="Arachnida" family="Sicariidae" genus="Loxosceles" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Loxosceles</taxonomicName>
puortoi
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. (1–2) Carapace. 1, paratype female; 2, holotype male. (3–4) right male palp (holotype). 3, retrolateral view; 4, prolateral view. 5, female paratype, spermathecae. Scale bars = 1 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[312,464,283,309]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Description.</emphasis>
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(
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). Total length 
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. Carapace 
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long, 
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wide. Eye sizes: ALE: 
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, PME: 
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, PLE: 
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. Clypeus equal in width to two and one­half diameters of PME. Distance between PME and PLE equal to 
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diameters of PME. PME separated from ALE by 
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diameters of former. Leg formula II, IV, I, III. Leg I: femur 
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/ patella 
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/ tibia 
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/ metatarsus 
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/ tarsus 
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/ total 
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/ II: 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ III: 4.0 / 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ IV: 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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. Leg I 
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times as long as carapace; femur I 
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times as long as carapace. Metatarsus I without a sinuous curve in the middle portion. Palpal femur 
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times longer than wide, palpal tibia 
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times longer than wide; cymbium slightly elongated. Bulb suboval in side view, shorter than cymbium. Embolus curved, twice as long as bulb width, without carina. Carapace covered by many short, curved setae.
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<paragraph blockId="3.[264,1326,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Carapace with pars cephalica and border dark brown, contrasting with olive brown pars thoracica. Legs olive brown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[312,400,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Female</emphasis>
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). Total length 8.0. Carapace 3.0 long, 
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wide. Eye sizes: ALE: 
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, PME: 
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, PLE: 
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. Clypeus equal in width to two and one­half diameters of PME. Distance between PME and PLE equal to 
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diameters of PME. PME separated from ALE by 
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diameters of former. Leg formula: II, IV, I, III. Leg I: femur 
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/ patella 
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/ tibia 
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/ metatarsus 
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/ tarsus 
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/ total 
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/ II: 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ III: 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ IV: 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 
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/ 1.0 / 
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. Leg I 
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times as long as carapace. Femur I 
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times as long as carapace. Palpal tarsus not incrassate. Four tubular spermathecae, the internal ones having a curvature in the distal portion (
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Fig. 
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). Colour pattern as in male, except the palpal tibia and tarsus, which are reddish brown.
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Additional material examined: 
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, 
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: Palmas, Tatu Cave (
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09° 
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' 
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''S
</geoCoordinate>
, 
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° 
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' 
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''W
</geoCoordinate>
), 
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<number box="[437,467,1204,1230]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="16.0">16</number>
.vi. 
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</date>
, R. Martins, I. Knysak &amp; G. Puorto coll., 
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females
</specimenCount>
(
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); same locality and collectors, 
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.viii.2001
</date>
, 
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(
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); Miracema do Tocantins (
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09° 
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' 
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''S
</geoCoordinate>
, 
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° 
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' 
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''W
</geoCoordinate>
), same collectors, 
<date box="[940,1111,1284,1310]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="2002-04-17" valueMax="2002-04-25" valueMin="2002-04-17">
<number box="[940,1014,1284,1310]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="21.0" valueMax="25.0" valueMin="17.0">17–25</number>
.iv.2002
</date>
, 
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(
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). Besides the preserved material, 
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living specimens are being kept at the Laboratório de Artrópodes of the Instituto Butantan.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[312,1218,1403,1430]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="3.[264,1326,283,1870]" box="[312,1218,1403,1430]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[312,472,1403,1429]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[479,555,1404,1430]" name="Brazil" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Brazil</collectingCountry>
: Palmas and Miracema do Tocantins, State of Tocantins.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="3.[264,1326,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[312,451,1443,1469]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Discussion.</emphasis>
The new species can be included in the 
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<emphasis box="[958,1017,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">laeta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group of 
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Gertsch (
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)
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based on details of genitalia. These are: bulb of palpus suboval, embolus longer than diameter of bulb, absence of wing or carina in the embolus, and tibia of palpus at least twice as long as cymbium in male. Female has four tubular spermathecae closely positioned, free, and without a cluster of small globular lobes at apex (
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Fig. 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[264,1326,283,1870]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
Of the four groups of species of the South American 
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<emphasis box="[962,1091,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Loxosceles</emphasis>
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fauna proposed by 
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Gertsch (
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)
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, only the 
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<emphasis box="[564,623,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">laeta</emphasis>
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group did not have native species in 
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. The only species occurring in the country was 
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<emphasis box="[679,695,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">L</emphasis>
. 
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</taxonomicName>
, which seems to have been introduced either from 
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or 
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(
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Gertsch &amp; Ennik 
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). The group is particularly speciose in the Andean region of South 
<collectingCountry box="[569,673,1804,1830]" name="United States of America" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">America</collectingCountry>
, mainly 
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, from where 
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of the 
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species were described (
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Gertsch 
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="4.[264,988,879,903]" box="[264,988,879,903]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,375,879,903]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURE.</emphasis>
6. 
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<emphasis box="[408,611,880,903]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Loxosceles puortoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Holotype male. Photo: R. Bertani.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="4.[264,909,1589,1613]" box="[264,909,1589,1613]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[264,375,1589,1613]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURE.</emphasis>
7. 
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<emphasis box="[408,611,1589,1612]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Loxosceles puortoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Female. Photo: R. Bertani.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="4.[264,1323,1703,1890]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[312,522,1703,1729]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Natural History.</emphasis>
Specimens of 
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<emphasis box="[708,934,1704,1729]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Loxosceles puortoi</emphasis>
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were collected in the mountain range of Lajeado at an altitude of 
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.
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The predominant vegetation is the savannah-like ‘cerrado’. This is intermixed with gallery forest with trees 
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in height. The soil is a
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sandy clay with a dense litter layer. This area is underlain by a sedimentary rock formation, in which there is a small cave (
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x
</date>
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x 
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). Adults and immatures of 
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. 
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were found under rocks and inside rock crevices, both inside and outside the cave. The females build a loose web roughly 
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in diameter. Immatures, probably in the 
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th or 
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th instars, were found both in the litter and under small rocks. Remains of ants (
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: 
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) were found in great quantities attached to the webs.
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