Stropa, A. A. [UNESP]2014-05-202014-05-202010-09-01Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Malden: Wiley-blackwell, v. 24, n. 3, p. 273-277, 2010.0269-283Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/19318Some brown spider species infest man-made environments and pose a threat to human health. Because habitat architecture affects spider populations, I evaluated the preferences of individuals of Loxosceles gaucho (Gertsch) (Araneae: Sicariidae) for refugia with different angular structures. Four differently angled refugia models (acute-, right-, obtuse-angled and cylindrical) were placed on the litter of a forest fragment and observed each month for 1 year. Females of this species were found to prefer refugia with acute angles. This finding brings new information to our understanding of brown spider infestations in man-made environments: refugia with acute angles are likely to offer more protection for females and their offspring.273-277engLoxoscelesanthropic environmentarachnidismbrown recluse spiderhabitat selectionloxoscelismrefugia architecturespider controlurban entomologyArtigo10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00888.xWOS:000280664800008Acesso restrito