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Checklist for Subfamily Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
248
931
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
209
804
1356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
74
532
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
73
529
960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
59
495
834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
58
493
830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
136
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
30
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
3 Genera with 13 Species
Crustulina Menge, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1902Black widow spider5SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
13 Species
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Steatoda connexa Octavius Pic..., 1904
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda seriata Eugène Simon, 1899
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider