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Checklist for Subfamily Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
332
1603
5979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
290
1407
5076
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
82
787
3448
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
78
779
3435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
62
729
2991
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
61
718
2943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
191
452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
41
121
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
3 Genera with 34 Species
Crustulina Menge, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 2019Black widow spider16SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows18SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
34 Species
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus pallidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1872White steppe spider
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus rhodesiensis Mackay, 1972
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Latrodectus umbukwane B. M. O. G. ..., 2019
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda bradyi Strand, 1907
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Steatoda connexa Octavius Pic..., 1904
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda fagei George Newbo..., 1964
Steatoda foravae Dippenaar-Sc..., 1992
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda lawrencei Paolo Marcel..., 1983
Steatoda lenzi Strand, 1907
Steatoda marmorata Eugène Simon, 1910
Steatoda mormorata Simon, 1910
Steatoda morsitans Octavius Pic..., 1885
Steatoda quadrimaculata Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda saraiensis (Nosek, 1905)⇒ Asagena phalerata Panzer, 1801
Steatoda seriata Eugène Simon, 1899
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider