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Basic information
Latrodectus mactans
Black widow spider
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnids
OrderSpider
FamilyTheridiidae
GenusLatrodectus
- Czech name
- Snovačka jedovatá
- English name
- Black widow spider
- Alternative names
- Cobweb spiders, Southern black widow
- Synonyms
- Latrodectus agoyangyang, Latrodectus albomaculatus, Latrodectus carolinus, Latrodectus formidabilis, Latrodectus hahli, Latrodectus insularis, Latrodectus insularis lunulifer, Latrodectus intersector, Latrodectus lineamentus, Latrodectus lineatus, Latrodectus luzonicus, Latrodectus mactans albomaculatus, Latrodectus mactans mexicanus, Latrodectus malmignatus tropicus, Latrodectus perfidus, Latrodectus sagittifer, Latrodectus schuchi, Latrodectus verecundus, Latrodectus zorilla
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Agricultural, Anthropogenic, Chaparral, City, Desert, Forest, Tropical moist broadleaf forest
- Microhabitat
- Clay, Mud, Terrestrial
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Carnivore, Insectivore, Invertivore
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 3SLWQ · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d