Latrodectus elegans

Latrodectus elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Latrodectus
Species: L. elegans
Binomial name
Latrodectus elegans
Thorell, 1898

Latrodectus elegans is a species of "widow spider"[1][2] endemic to East Asia. It was first collected in the Carin Cheba mountains in Burma,[3] but is also found in China and Japan.[4]

References

  1. "Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. "Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898". World Spider Catalog. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  3. Kananbala, A.; Manoj, K.; Bhubaneshwari, M.; Binarani, A.; Siliwal, Manju (2012). "The first report of the widow spider Latrodectus elegans (Araneae: Theridiidae) from India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (7): 2718–22. doi:10.11609/jott.o3152.2718-22.
  4. Nieuwenhuys, Ed. "The demystification of the toxicity of spiders".
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