Latrodectus geometricus

♀ Latrodectus geometricus

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 geometricus

Name

Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841

Type locality: Colombia.

Holotype: ZMB. female ♀

Synonyms

• Latrodectus concinnus Pickard-Cambridge, 1904
• Chacoca distincta H.D. Badcock, 1932
• Latrodectus geometricus modestus Caporiacco, 1949
• Latrodectus geometricus subalbicans Caporiacco, 1949
• Latrodectus geometricus obscuratus Caporiacco, 1949

References

Primary references

• Koch, C. L. 1841. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, Neunter Band, pp. 1-56. [117, f. 684]

Additional references

• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Brown widow, Brown button spider
日本語: ハイイロゴケグモ

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