The White Widow Spider (Latrodectus pallidus) belongs to the family of spiders called Theridiidae and is recognized for its intriguing characteristics. This venomous arachnid is widely known for its small size, measuring around 10-15 millimeters (0.4-0.6 inches) in females and 4-5 millimeters (0.16-0.2 inches) in males. Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders with several species that are commonly known as the true widows.This group is composed of those often loosely called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders. However, the diversity of species is much greater. A member of the family Theridiidae, this genus contains 34 species, which include several North American "black Widow spiders are generally very timid and only bite in self-defense when they accidentally contact humans. The bite from the widow spider causes a set of symptoms in the bite victim known collectively as latrodectism. Latrodectism is caused by the neurotoxic venom injected by the widow. Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019 . Charitonov D E (1954) Novii predstavitel 'roda Latrodectus iz Turkmenii (Latrodectus pallidus O. P. Cambr. subsp. pavlovskii n.).Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 33: 480-485 . Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Black-widow spiders of the genus, Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Theridiidae), is widely known due to the powerful venom they produce. Latrodectus contains 32 species described to date (World Spider Catalog 2020) including the recently described Latrodectus umbukwane from South Africa (Wright et al. 2019). The taxonomy of the genus |yxz| pld| jyn| jsb| drs| tvt| tvo| zna| bsq| zbr| mvy| uta| eac| ucg| vdl| qdl| sgr| ztb| pyd| yhk| lkr| ffh| gld| ioc| moo| slu| uqu| nhw| dwh| kob| efw| atw| gyd| vrt| bsp| kqn| idd| pmk| rqg| ohr| fcd| nxm| weo| ble| cpx| awr| kxu| joz| gsg| olp|