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  2. Latrodectus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Latrodectus hesperus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow spider or western widow, is a venomous spider species found in western regions of North America. The female's body is 14–16 mm (1/2 in) in length and is black, often with an hourglass -shaped red mark on the lower abdomen.

  4. Latrodectus geometricus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus geometricus, commonly known as the brown widow, [2] [3] brown button spider, grey widow, brown black widow, [3] house button spider or geometric button spider, is one of the widow spiders in the genus Latrodectus. As such, it is a 'cousin' to the more infamous Latrodectus mactans (black widow).

  5. Latrodectism - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectism (/ l æ t r ə ˈ d ɛ k t ɪ z əm /) is the illness caused by the bite of Latrodectus spiders (the black widow spider and related species). Pain, muscle rigidity, vomiting, and sweating are the symptoms of latrodectism.

  6. Latrodectus variolus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus variolus, the northern black widow spider or northern widow, is a venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus of the family Theridiidae. The population is closely related to the southern black widow, Latrodectus mactans, and the western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus, of the genus. [citation needed]

  7. Latrodectus bishopi - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus bishopi is the scientific name for the red widow spider, which is endemic to the Florida scrub habitat of central and southern Florida, where it lives primarily in sand dunes dominated by sand pine, Pinus clausa – a type of vegetation found only in Florida and coastal Alabama.

  8. Latrodectus tredecimguttatus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, also known as the Mediterranean black widow [2] or the European black widow, [3] is a species in the genus Latrodectus of the widow spiders. It is commonly found throughout the Mediterranean region , ranging from southern Iberia to southwest and central Asia, hence the name.

  9. Latrodectus indistinctus - Wikipedia

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    Latrodectus indistinctus is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae, found in Namibia and South Africa. [1] It is one of six species of Latrodectus found in southern Africa, four of which, including L. indistinctus , are known as black button or black widow spiders.