Latrodectus mirabilis
| Latrodectus mirabilis | |
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| Latrodectus mirabilis female with possibly Nephilingis cruentata of unknown gender | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Latrodectus |
| Species: | L. mirabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Latrodectus mirabilis (Holmberg, 1876, Argentina)
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Latrodectus mirabilis, sometimes (but rarely) known as black widow is a spider species that is native to most of South America in the genus Latrodectus of the family Theridiidae.
Description
Instead of an "hourglass" pattern on the ventral side of this species, this spider has a red rectangle on its ventral side.
Venom
This spider's bite has never been recorded but as with other Latrodectus species most people think the bites are venomous and causes latrodectism.
Look-alikes
The False Black Widow looks more like this species than any other in Latrodectus except the Brown Widow.
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