Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
space web builders
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Hollenbeck, Jeff
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Latrodectus bishopi Kaston 1938 |
| Latrodectus mactans bishopi Kaston 1938 |
| Latrodectus curacaviensis Levi 1958 |
| Latrodectus bishopi McCrone & Levi 1964 |
Taxonomic References†
Kaston, B. J. 1938. Notes on a new variety of black widow spider from southern Florida. Florida Ent. 21(4): 60-62.
Levi, H. W. 1958. Number of species of black-widow spiders (Theridiidae: Latrodectus). Science 127: 1055.
McCrone, J. D. & H. W. Levi. 1964. North American widow spiders of the Latrodectus curacaviensis group (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche, Camb. 71: 12-27.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805‡‡
L. geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 ...............Cosmopolitan
L. hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............North America, Israel
L. mactans (Fabricius, 1775) ...............probably North America only
L. variolus Walckenaer, 1837 ...............USA, Canada
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution