''Titiotus'' is a

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of American false wolf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1897.

Spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

s in this

are often misidentified as the brown recluse

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

of the genus ''Loxosceles'' due to similarities of coloration, body proportions, leg length, and even leg positioning prior to movement. Species within the genus ''Titiotus'' are "all found within

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(

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), often in areas of

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." "They are most common from the northernmost portions of the state to the southern portions just north of the mountains near

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. They are often found in

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s and present in cabins in the woods."

Species

it contains sixteen species, found in the

: *'' Titiotus californicus'' Simon, 1897 (

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) – USA *'' Titiotus costa'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus flavescens'' (

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& Ivie, 1941) – USA *'' Titiotus fresno'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus gertschi'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus hansii'' (Schenkel, 1950) – USA *'' Titiotus heberti'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus humboldt'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus icenoglei'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus madera'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus marin'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus roadsend'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus shantzi'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus shasta'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus tahoe'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA *'' Titiotus tulare'' Platnick & Ubick, 2008 – USA

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of the United States Zoropsidae {{Zoropsidae-stub

Species

See also

References