Lucas S
Department of Biology, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil.
Toxicon. 1988;26(9):759-72. doi: 10.1016/0041-0101(88)90317-0.
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.
文中介绍了巴西主要的有毒蜘蛛，包括栉足蛛属、巴西游走蛛属、寡妇蛛属和狡蛛属，并列出了其物种及其地理分布。文中还给出了它们的栖息地、行为、毒液量、人类中毒症状及流行病学的详细信息，并针对预防中毒给出了建议。文中还对最常见的原蛛亚目蜘蛛进行了总体观察。
