Latrodectus bishopi

Latrodectus bishopi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Latrodectinae
Genus: Latrodectus
Species: Latrodectus bishopi

Name

Latrodectus bishopi Kaston, 1938: 60.

Type locality: USA, Florida, Lake Wirth.

Holotype: AMNH. Male ♂, legit Marshall B. Bishop

Synonyms

• Latrodectus mactans bishopi Kaston 1938: 60. [not a synonym of Latrodectus curacaviensis (Müller, 1776) per McCrone & Levi, 1964: 15, contra Levi, 1958: 1055].

Vernacular names

English: Red widow spider

References

• Kaston, B.J. 1938. Notes on a new variety of black widow spider from southern Florida. The Florida Entomologist 21(4): 60-62. Reference page. 

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