Latrodectus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theridiidae
- Genus
- Latrodectus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Latrodectus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Latrodectus
Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders informally called the widow 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.
...Latrodectus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Knopiespinnekoppe
- Croatian
- Pauci udovice
- English
- Widow Spiders
- English
- Widows
- English
- Black Buttons
- English
- Button Spiders
- English
- Red Hourglasses
- Hebrew
- אלמנה
- Portuguese
- Viúvas-negras
- Portuguese
- Aranhas-viúvas
- Russian
- Чёрные вдовы
- Thai
- สกุล แมงมุมแม่ม่าย
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Achaearanea
- Achaearyopa
- Achaeridion
- Allothymoites
- Ameridion
- Anatolidion
- Anelosimus
- Argyrodella
- Argyrodes
- Ariamnes
- Asagena
- Asygyna
- Audifia
- Bardala
- Borneoridion
- Brunepisinus
- Cabello
- Cameronidion
- Campanicola
- Canalidion
- Carniella
- Cephalobares
- Cerocida
- Chikunia
- Chorizopella
- Chrosiothes
- Chrysso
- Coleosoma
- Coscinida
- Craspedisia
- Crustulina
- Cryptachaea
- Cyllognatha
- Deelemanella
- Dipoenura
- Echinotheridion
- Enoplognatha
- Episinus
- Exalbidion
- Faiditus
- Glebych
- Grancanaridion
- Hadrotarsinae
- Helvibis
- Helvidia
- Hentziectypus
- Heterotheridion
- Hetschkia
- Histagonia
- Icona
- Jamaitidion
- Janula
- Keijiella
- Kochiura
- Landoppo
- Latrodectus
- Macaridion
- Magnopholcomma
- Meotipa
- Molione
- Moneta
- Montanidion
- Nanume
- Neopisinus
- Neospintharus
- Neottiura
- Nesopholcomma
- Nesticodes
- Nihonhimea
- Nipponidion
- Nojimaia
- Ohlertidion
- Okumaella
- Paidiscura
- Parasteatoda
- Paratheridula
- Pholcomma
- Phoroncidia
- Phylloneta
- Platnickina
- Proboscidula
- Propostira
- Pycnoepisinus
- Rhomphaea
- Robertus
- Ruborridion
- Rugathodes
- Sardinidion
- Selkirkiella
- Sesato
- Seycellesa
- Simitidion
- Spheropistha
- Spinembolia
- Spintharus
- Steatoda
- Stemmops
- Stoda
- Styposis
- Takayus
- Tamanidion
- Tekellina
- Theonoe
- Theridion
- Theridula
- Thwaitesia
- Thymoites
- Tidarren
- Tomoxena
- Wamba
- Wirada
- Yunohamella
- Zercidium
Child Taxa
- Latrodectus antheratus
- Latrodectus apicalis
- Latrodectus bishopi
- Latrodectus cinctus
- Latrodectus corallinus
- Latrodectus curacaviensis
- Latrodectus dahli
- Latrodectus diaguita
- Latrodectus elegans
- Latrodectus erythromelas
- Latrodectus garbae
- Latrodectus geometricus
- Latrodectus hasselti
- Latrodectus hesperus
- Latrodectus hystrix
- Latrodectus indistinctus
- Latrodectus karrooensis
- Latrodectus katipo
- Latrodectus lilianae
- Latrodectus mactans
- Latrodectus menavodi
- Latrodectus mirabilis
- Latrodectus obscurior
- Latrodectus pallidus
- Latrodectus quartus
- Latrodectus renivulvatus
- Latrodectus revivensis
- Latrodectus rhodesiensis
- Latrodectus thoracicus
- Latrodectus tredecimguttatus
- Latrodectus umbukwane
- Latrodectus variegatus
- Latrodectus variolus
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