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Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders with several species that are commonly known as the true widows. This group is composed of those often loosely called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders. [3][4][5][6] However, the diversity of species is much greater. A member of the family Theridiidae, this genus ...
Latrodectus mactans. (Fabricius, 1775) [1] Latrodectus mactans, known as southern black widow or simply black widow, and the shoe-button spider, [citation needed] is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat ...
Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass -shaped red mark on the lower abdomen. This "hourglass" mark can be yellow, and on rare occasions, white.
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, also known as the Mediterranean black widow[2] or the European black widow, [3] is a species in the genus Latrodectus of the widow spiders. It is commonly found throughout the Mediterranean region, ranging from southern Iberia to southwest and central Asia, hence the name. Specimens from central Asia are also known ...
Redback spider. The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), also known as the Australian black widow, [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in Australia but now, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, with colonies elsewhere outside Australia. [ 5 ] It is a member of the cosmopolitan genus Latrodectus, the widow ...
Latrodectus geometricus. Latrodectus geometricus, commonly known as the brown widow, [2][3] brown button spider, grey widow, brown black widow, [3] house button spider or geometric button spider, is one of the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus. As such, it is a 'cousin' to the more infamous Latrodectus mactans (black widow).
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Walckenaer, 1837 [1] Latrodectus variolus, the northern black widow spider or northern widow, is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus of the family Theridiidae. The population is closely related to the southern black widow, Latrodectus mactans, and the western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus, of the genus. [citation needed]