''Linothele'' is a
genus
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of
South America
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n
curtain web spiders that was first described by
Ferdinand Karsch
Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch or Karsch-Haack (2 September 1853, in Münster – 20 December 1936, in Berlin) was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist.
The son of a doctor, Karsch was educated at the Friedrich Wilhelm Univ ...
in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low
molecular weight
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, were isolated in the venom,
Ls1 and
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. These two toxins have been shown to be quite lethal to white mice by injection into the cerebroventricular region. The lethal dose of Ls1 and Ls2 is 24 and 19 μg / kg respectively, both toxins represent 0.21% and 0.43% of the weight of the whole venom.
Species
it contains twenty-one species:
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Linothele cavicola
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated ...
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Goloboff, 1994 – Ecuador
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Linothele cristata
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...
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(Mello-Leitão, 1945) – Brazil
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Linothele curvitarsis
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...
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Karsch, 1879 (
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) – Venezuela
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Linothele fallax''
(Mello-Leitão, 1926) – Bolivia, Brazil
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Linothele gaujoni
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...
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(Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
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Linothele jelskii
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated ...
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( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Peru
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Linothele longicauda
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated ...
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(Ausserer, 1871) – Ecuador
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Linothele macrothelifera
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...
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Strand, 1908 – Colombia
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Linothele melloleitaoi
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...
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( Brignoli, 1983) – Colombia
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Linothele monticolens
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated ...
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(Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
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Linothele paulistana''
(Mello-Leitão, 1924) – Brazil
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Linothele pukachumpi''
Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador
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Linothele quori''
Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador
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Linothele septentrionalis''
Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021 – Bahamas
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Linothele sericata''
(Karsch, 1879) – Colombia
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Linothele sexfasciata''
(Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) – Venezuela
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Linothele spinosa''
Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021 – Peru
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Linothele tsachilas''
Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador
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Linothele uniformis''
Drolshagen & Bäckstam, 2021 – Peru
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Linothele yanachanka''
Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador
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Linothele zaia
''Linothele'' is a genus of South American curtain web spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.
The venom of Linothele sp has a median lethal dose of 0.6 mg / kg, two toxins, both of low molecular weight, were isolated in t ...
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Dupérré & Tapia, 2015 – Ecuador
References
Dipluridae
Mygalomorphae genera
Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch
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