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Significance of Spiders (Araneae) As Public Health Pests

Rute Maria Goncalves-De-Andrade , Rafaella Marino Lafraia and Rosana De Fátima Shoji | Full Paper | 2011

Spiders are an important part of ecosystems due to their feeding habits which involve predation, especially of insects. This group of arthropods currently includes over 40 thousand described species present on all continents except for Antarctica. They forage in diverse ecotopes and some are resista...

Reports of Accidents with Spiders of Medical Importance in the Region of Vila Prudente, SãO Lucas and Sapopemba, SãO Paulo City, Brazil, in the Years 2007-2010

Flavio Souza and Gilberto Sueza Cruz | Poster | 2011

In Brazil there are three types of spiders of medical importance, Phoneutria sp. (Araneae: Ctenidae), Loxosceles sp. (Araneae: Sicariidae) and Latrodectus sp. (Araneae: Theridiidae). The accidents are characterized as follows: accidents by Phoneutria sp. - represent a form of araneism most commonly ...