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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
533
4412
23236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
456
3391
19281
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
103
1620
12187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
95
1584
11960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
75
1397
10563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
73
1395
10559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
361
3268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
74
920
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
53
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South America
3 Genera with 53 Species
Crustulina Menge, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1837Black widow spider28SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1884False black widows25SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South America
53 Species
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 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 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 alticeps Keyserling, 1886
Steatoda anchorata Holmberg, 1876
Steatoda ancorata Holmberg, 1876Cobweb spiders
Steatoda andina Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Steatoda anticus L. Berland, 1939
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda brasiliana Keyserling, 1884
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Steatoda chinchipe Herbert Walt..., 1962
Steatoda diamantina Herbert Walt..., 1962
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda iheringi Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Steatoda marta Herbert Walt..., 1962
Steatoda moesta Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda nobilis Tord Tamerla..., 1875Cobweb weaver
Steatoda nubilosa Urquhart, 1893
Steatoda porteri Eugène Simon, 1900
Steatoda pusulosa Keyserling, 1878
Steatoda quadrimaculata Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda retorta González, 1987
Steatoda sabulosa Albert Tullgren, 1901
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Steatoda variipes Eugen von Ke..., 1884