Latrodectus

Translingual

Latrodectus mactans with egg case

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin latro (“brigand”) + Ancient Greek δήκτης (dḗktēs, “biter”)).

Proper noun

Latrodectus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Theridiidae – widow spiders and button spiders.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae – order; Opisthothelae - suborder; Araneomorphae - infraorder; Neocribellatae - taxon; Entelegynae - series; Araneoidea - superfamily; Theridiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (malmignatte, European black widow, Mediterranean black widow, steppe spider) - type species; Latrodectus antheratus, Latrodectus apicalis, Latrodectus bishopi (red widow), Latrodectus cinctus, Latrodectus corallinus, Latrodectus curacaviensis, Latrodectus dahli, Latrodectus diaguita, Latrodectus elegans, Latrodectus erythromelas, Latrodectus geometricus (brown widow), Latrodectus hasselti (redback), Latrodectus hesperus (western black widow), Latrodectus hystrix, Latrodectus indistinctus, Latrodectus karrooensis, Latrodectus katipo (katipo), Latrodectus lilianae, Latrodectus mactans (black widow), Latrodectus menavodi, Latrodectus mirabilis, Latrodectus obscurior, Latrodectus pallidus (white widow), Latrodectus quartus, Latrodectus renivulvatus, Latrodectus revivensis, Latrodectus rhodesiensis, Latrodectus thoracicus, Latrodectus variegatus, Latrodectus variolus (northern black widow), Latrodectus ex laos (species)

See also

• latrodectism
• latrotoxin

References

• Latrodectus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Latrodectus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Latrodectus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Latrodectus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Latrodectus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Latrodectus at National Center for Biotechnology Information