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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
699
6720
45540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
582
5283
38480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
130
2424
22900
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
110
2322
22261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
82
2039
19998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
79
2034
19981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
12
605
6161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
90
1595
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
89
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
3 Genera with 89 Species
Crustulina Menge, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1837Black widow spider31SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1960False black widows60SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
89 Species and 5 Subspecies
Crustulina altera Willis J. Ge..., 1942
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Latrodectus antherata
Latrodectus antheratus Badcock, 1932
Latrodectus apicalis Arthur Gardi..., 1877Galapagos black widow
Latrodectus bishopi Kaston, 1938Red widow
Latrodectus carteri Badcock, 1932
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980Widow Spider
Latrodectus cretaceus Badcock, 1932
Latrodectus curacaviensis (Müller, 1776)⇒ Latrodectus variegatus Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus distincta Blackwall, 1859
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus garbae Rueda & Realpe, 2021
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Latrodectus hurtadoi Rueda & Realpe, 2021
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus mirabilis Holmberg, 1876
Latrodectus occidentalis Valdez-Mondr..., 2023
Latrodectus quartus Abalos, 1980
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus thoracicus Nicolet, 1849Lance-leaf stonecrop
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Latrodectus variegatus Hercule Nicolet, 1849Lance-leaf stonecrop
Latrodectus variolus (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935
Steatoda alamosa Willis J. Ge..., 1960
Steatoda alboclathrata Eugène Simon, 1897
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda albomaculata albomaculata De Geer, 1778
Steatoda alticeps Keyserling, 1886
Steatoda americana (Emerton, 1882)⇒ Steatoda mexicana Herbert Walt..., 1957
Steatoda anchorata Holmberg, 1876
Steatoda ancorata Holmberg, 1876Cobweb spiders
Steatoda andina Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Steatoda anticus L. Berland, 1939
Steatoda apacheana Willis J. Ge..., 1960
Steatoda atascadera Ralph Vary C..., 1942
Steatoda autumnalis Richard C. B..., 1898
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda brasiliana Keyserling, 1884
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Steatoda castanea Clerck, 1758
Steatoda chinchipe Herbert Walt..., 1962
Steatoda clara O. Pickard-C..., 1898
Steatoda compressa (F. P.-Cambr., 1902)⇒ Theridion transgressum Alexander Pe..., 1911
Steatoda diamantina Herbert Walt..., 1962
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda fulva (Keyserling, 1884)⇒ Asagena fulva Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Steatoda grandis (Richard C. B..., 1901)⇒ Steatoda mexicana Herbert Walt..., 1957
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda grossa grossa C. L. Koch, 1838
Steatoda hespera Ralph Vary C..., 1933Florida carpenter ant
Steatoda iheringi Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Steatoda laeta O. Pickard-C..., 1902
Steatoda lugubris (Schenkel, 1963)⇒ Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802
Steatoda marta Herbert Walt..., 1962
Steatoda medialis (Banks, 1898)⇒ Steatoda washona Willis J. Ge..., 1960
Steatoda mexicana Herbert Walt..., 1957
Steatoda moesta Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda nahuana Willis J. Ge..., 1960
Steatoda nigrofemorata (Levi, 1957)⇒ Steatoda ancorata Holmberg, 1876
Steatoda nobilis Tord Tamerla..., 1875Cobweb weaver
Steatoda nubilosa Urquhart, 1893
Steatoda palomara Ralph Vary C..., 1935
Steatoda paykulliana Walckenaer, 1805
Steatoda porteri Eugène Simon, 1900
Steatoda pulchra Keyserling, 1884
Steatoda punctulata (Marx, 1898)⇒ Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Steatoda pusulosa Keyserling, 1878
Steatoda quadrimaculata Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda quaesita Octavius Pic..., 1896
Steatoda retorta González, 1987
Steatoda sabulosa Albert Tullgren, 1901
Steatoda saltensis Herbert Walt..., 1957
Steatoda septemmaculata (Levi, 1957)⇒ Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872
Steatoda transversa (Richard C. B..., 1898)⇒ Theridion transgressum Alexander Pe..., 1911
Steatoda trianguloides Gershom Levy, 1991
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Steatoda triangulosa triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802
Steatoda variata Willis J. Ge..., 1960
Steatoda variata china Gertsch, 1960
Steatoda variata variata Gertsch, 1960
Steatoda variipes Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Steatoda washona Willis J. Ge..., 1960