Latrodectus corallinus
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| Latrodectus corallinus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Latrodectus |
| Species: | L. corallinus |
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| Latrodectus corallinus | |
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Latrodectus corallinus is approximately 12 millimetres (0.47 in) in size, and is primarily black with large, red markings on its abdomen, as well as a red, square-like ring under its abdomen.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Latrodectus corallinus is found in Argentina[2], Brazil[4], Colombia[5] (junior synonym of L. garbae[5]) and Panama[3].
It is found both outdoors and indoors, and is commonly found in agricultural fields.[citation needed]
Description and diagnosis
[edit]Male and female display dorsal red markings on black background.[2]
Identification: the egg-sac has fragile silk pompoms and both male and female may display a square ventral marking with a central circular black area (the lack of this area is not a discrimination feature)[2][3]
Habits
[edit]Latrodectus corallinus, like most species of Latrodectus, is not aggressive. The peak time of activity for Latrodectus corallinus is between the months of December and March (summer in the Southern Hemisphere).[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Taxon details Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-04
- 1 2 3 4 Abalos, J. W. (1980). "Las arañas del género Latrodectus en la Argentina". Obra del Centenário del Museu de la Plata. 6: 29–51.
- 1 2 3 Gomard, Guillaume; Wolf, Philippe (2026-07-31). "FIRST RECORD OF LATRODECTUS CORALLINUS (ABALOS, 1980) (ARANEAE: THERIDIIDAE) IN PANAMA". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. 48: 82–88 – via ResearchGate.
- ↑ Santos, Lorena Maria; Borges, Diva Maria; Gallão, Jonas Eduardo; Chagas-Jr, Amazonas (2025-03-31). "Extending the distribution of Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980 (Araneae: Theridiidae) in South America: first record for Brazil". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 51 (1): 139–143. doi:10.35249/rche.51.1.25.14. ISSN 0034-740X.
- 1 2 ZABALA-CRUZ, MARIA CAROLINA; HAZZI, NICOLAS A. (2026-07-07). "COI-based species delimitation reveals the taxonomic status of two recently described Latrodectus species from Colombia (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Zootaxa. 5845 (3): 456–477. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
External links
[edit]- Underside of Latrodectus corallinus (Good view of square-like ring on underside of abdomen.)
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