Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Latrodectinae for Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)

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Checklist for Subfamily Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928
and region Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	83 259 459	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	76 252 454	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	45 210 405	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	43 207 403	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	36 196 346	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	35 195 345	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	7 72 131	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders	28 44	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Okinawa Prefecture
2 Genera with 3 Species

Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1841	Black widow spider	2	Species	Taxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1890	False black widows	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Okinawa Prefecture
3 Species

Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841	Brown black widow
Steatoda cingulata (Thorell, 1890)	⇒ Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911