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Checklist for Subfamily Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
266
1114
2746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
234
1010
2473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
77
634
1742
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
72
620
1700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
61
591
1608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
61
591
1608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
187
455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
45
146
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
3 Genera with 16 Species
Crustulina Menge, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider12SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
16 Species
Crustulina ambigua Eugène Simon, 1889
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus menavodi Vinson, 1863
Latrodectus obscurior Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider