12-05-2014
Research group describes a new lineage of ‘Loxosceles’ spiders in the Canary Islands
A group of experts has described a new endemic lineage of spider genus Loxosceles -a group of arachnids widely distributed around the world which can cause quite severe bites- in the Canary Islands. The scientific finding has been published in the Journal of Biogeography; the paper is signed by experts Carles Ribera and Enric Planas, from the Department of Animal Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute of UB (IRBio).