Latrodectus mirabilis
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| Latrodectus mirabilis | |
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| Latrodectus mirabilis female with possibly Nephilingis cruentata of unknown gender | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Latrodectus |
| Species: | L. mirabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Latrodectus mirabilis (Holmberg, 1876, Argentina)
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Latrodectus mirabilis, sometimes (but rarely) known as black widow is a spider species that is native to most of South America in the genus Latrodectus of the family Theridiidae.
Description
[edit]Instead of an "hourglass" pattern on the ventral side of this species, this spider has a red rectangle on its ventral side.
Venom
[edit]This spider's bite has never been recorded but as with other Latrodectus species most people think the bites are venomous and causes latrodectism.
Look-alikes
[edit]The False Black Widow looks more like this species than any other in Latrodectus except the Brown Widow.
References
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