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Checklist for Subfamily Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
531
4342
23365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
462
3675
20216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
99
1782
11863
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
91
1742
11733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
70
1611
10817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
68
1598
10759
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
449
2392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
85
588
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
82
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
3 Genera with 82 Species
Crustulina Menge, 188110SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 2019Black widow spider20SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1982False black widows62SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
82 Species and 10 Subspecies
Crustulina ambigua Eugène Simon, 1889
Crustulina conspicua Octavius Pic..., 1872
Crustulina erythropus Hippolyte Lucas, 1846
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Crustulina incerta Albert Tullgren, 1910
Crustulina jeanneli Lucien Berland, 1920
Crustulina lineiventris (Pavesi, 1884)⇒ Crustulina scabripes Eugène Simon, 1881
Crustulina molesta Pavesi, 1883
Crustulina obesa Lucien Berland, 1920
Crustulina scabripes Eugène Simon, 1881
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus dahli Herbert Walt..., 1959
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus lilianae Melic, 2000
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus menavodi Vinson, 1863
Latrodectus obscurior Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus pallidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1872White steppe spider
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus rhodesiensis Mackay, 1972
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Latrodectus umbukwane B. M. O. G. ..., 2019
Steatoda aethiopica Eugène Simon, 1909
Steatoda albocincta Lucas, 1846
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda albomaculata albomaculata De Geer, 1778
Steatoda badia Carl Friedri..., 1961
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda bradyi Strand, 1907
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Steatoda carbonaria Eugène Simon, 1907
Steatoda carbonaria carbonaria Simon, 1907
Steatoda carbonaria minor Simon, 1907
Steatoda concolor Caporiacco, 1933
Steatoda connexa Octavius Pic..., 1904
Steatoda distincta (John Blackwall, 1859)⇒ Steatoda variata Willis J. Ge..., 1960
Steatoda ephippiata Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda fagei George Newbo..., 1964
Steatoda fallax John Blackwall, 1865
Steatoda felina Eugène Simon, 1907
Steatoda foravae Dippenaar-Sc..., 1992
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda grossa grossa C. L. Koch, 1838
Steatoda ifricola Lecigne, Lip..., 2020
Steatoda ingeae Van Keer, 2024
Steatoda kiwuensis Embrik Strand, 1913
Steatoda koeni Van Keer, 2024
Steatoda latifasciata Eugène Simon, 1873
Steatoda lawrencei Paolo Marcel..., 1983
Steatoda lenzi Strand, 1907
Steatoda longurio Eugène Simon, 1909
Steatoda marmorata Eugène Simon, 1910
Steatoda maura Eugène Simon, 1909
Steatoda minima J. Denis, 1955
Steatoda moerens Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Steatoda mormorata Simon, 1910
Steatoda morsitans Octavius Pic..., 1885
Steatoda nobilis Tord Tamerla..., 1875Cobweb weaver
Steatoda paykulliana Walckenaer, 1805
Steatoda paykulliana obsoleta Strand, 1908
Steatoda paykulliana paykulliana Walckenaer, 1805
Steatoda picea Tord Tamerla..., 1899
Steatoda quadrimaculata Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda quinquenotata John Blackwall, 1865
Steatoda rubrocalceolata Eugène Simon, 1907
Steatoda sabulosa Albert Tullgren, 1901
Steatoda sagax John Blackwall, 1865
Steatoda saraiensis (Nosek, 1905)⇒ Asagena phalerata Panzer, 1801
Steatoda seriata Eugène Simon, 1899
Steatoda singoides Albert Tullgren, 1910
Steatoda tigrina Albert Tullgren, 1910
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Steatoda triangulosa concolor Caporiacco, 1933
Steatoda triangulosa triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802
Steatoda tristis (Albert Tullgren, 1910)⇒ Lasaeola tristis Carl Wilhelm..., 1833
Steatoda tristis ruwenzorica Strand, 1913
Steatoda tristis tristis Tullgren, 1910
Steatoda variabilis Lucien Berland, 1920
Steatoda variata Willis J. Ge..., 1960
Steatoda venator Jean Victor ..., 1826
Steatoda violacea Embrik Strand, 1906
Steatoda xerophila Levy & Amitai, 1982