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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 ...

Arachnids are successful groups with a lifestyle based on predation, especially insects. The spiders have a body divided in two segments, the cephalothorax and abdomen, have four pairs of legs, chelicerae and pedipalps. The Loxosceles spiders occur throughout the world, in Brazil were recorded eight...

Scorpions are one of the major public-health problems all over the world, including the tropical southern parts of Iran, where these pests are in the fourth place of responsibility for mortality among children. The patchy dispersal of these venomous arachnids therefore contributes to the constraints...