Talk:Sicarius (spider)

"potentially venomous"?

It states that "Sicarius is a genus of potentially venomous spiders". I think what they mean is that it is "a genus of spiders with potentially medically significant venom to humans", since these spiders are definitely and not just "potentially" venomous (they do have venom that they use to kill their prey after all, unlike the Uloboridae). I'm not a scientist though, so please correct me if I'm wrong. -- (an unregistered user) 02:30, 11 April 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8071:2299:2000:B574:A9A9:7B8:9FBF (talk)

Agreed. There's actually a lot of stuff in here that is poorly worded, including that the number of species "increased" in 2017. I just finished cleaning it up a bit. Thanks for the heads up! Sesame honey tart 21:16, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Name origin/meaning

Might be worthwhile explaining the naming of these spiders. Although they're mostly found in South American and African deserts, their name, like that of many animals is from the Latin. Sica being a dagger or short sword, which is the root forr Sicario (assassin) seems to fit their hunting pattern: hiding, jumping out and quickly stabbing their prey, then disappearing with their prey. Sicarius terrosus sounds particularly scary. Ileanadu (talk) 00:50, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.realmonstrosities.com/2012/06/sicarius-spider.html Ileanadu (talk) 00:55, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Although terrosus apparently just means "earthy." Ileanadu (talk) 00:52, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]