Taxa included

Levi, H. W. (1959c). The spider genus Latrodectus (Araneae, Theridiidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 78(1): 7-43. doi: 10.2307/3223799

Taxon
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 (Theridiidae) 21, f. 8-10, 25-28, 37, 39-51, 80-83 , (mf, S of Latrodectus geometricus modestus, L. g. obscuratus and L. g. subalbicans), Latrodectus geometricus
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775) (Theridiidae) 24, f. 1, 5-7, 15, 19-21, 53-67, 72-79, (mf; S of Latrodectus agoyangyang, L. albomaculatus = mactans albomaculatus, L. cinctus, L. hahli, L. incertus, L. insularis lunuliferL. katipo, L. katipo atritus, L. luzonicus, L. mactans mexicanus, L. renivulvatus, L. sagittifer, L. schuchi, L. stuhlmanni, Theridion melanozanthum and T. zebrinium; L. cinctus revalidated by Lotz, 1994a: 28, incl. S of L. stuhlmanni; L. renivulvatus revalidated by Lotz, 1994a: 46, incl. S of L. incertus; L. katipo and L. katipo atritus revalidated by Forster, 1995a: 22, 23; S of Theridion melanozanthum and T. zebrinium, rejected by Vink et al., 2008: 599, see L. katipo)., Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790) (Theridiidae) 24, (S, rejected), Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus dotatus C. L. Koch, 1841 (Theridiidae) 26, (removed from S of Latrodectus mactans, rejecting F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 378; may be S of L. curacaviensis, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick), Latrodectus dotatus
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (Theridiidae) 28, (S, rejected), Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944 (Theridiidae) 28, (S, rejected), Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948 (Theridiidae) 28, (S, rejected), Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus antheratus (Badcock, 1932) (Theridiidae) 38, f. 68 (f; misidentified per Abalos, 1980: 43), Latrodectus curacaviensis
Latrodectus curacaviensis (Müller, 1776) (Theridiidae) 38, f. 2-4, 16-18, 35-36, 52, 70-71, (mf, f f. 38 see Latrodectus antheratus, other figs. in part misidentified, see L. variolus; S of Chacoca distincta, C. flavodorsata, L. antheratus, L. carteri, L. cretaceus, L. foliatus and L. variegatus; L. antheratus revalidated by Abalos, 1980: 43 with S of L. carteri, L. cretaceus and L. flavodorsatus; L. variegatus removed from S of L. mactans, rejecting F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 378, and revalidated by Abalos, 1980: 47; S of Chacoca = L. distinctus rejected by Abalos, 1980: 49, see L. geometricus), Latrodectus curacaviensis
Latrodectus pallidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 (Theridiidae) 38, f. 22-24, 31, 33-34 (f, S of Latrodectus pallidus pavlovskii), Latrodectus pallidus
Latrodectus variolus Walckenaer, 1837 (Theridiidae) 38, f. 2-4, 16-18, 35-36, 52, 70-71, (mf; in part misidentified per McCrone & Levi, 1964: 13), Latrodectus curacaviensis
Latrodectus pallidus immaculatus Caporiacco, 1933 (Theridiidae) 38, (doubtful S of Latrodectus pallidus, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick), Latrodectus pallidus immaculatus
Latrodectus mirabilis (Holmberg, 1876) (Theridiidae) 39, f. 69 (f, S, rejected), Latrodectus curacaviensis
Latrodectus dahli Levi, 1959 (Theridiidae) 42, f. 11-12 (Df), Latrodectus dahli Original description
Latrodectus hystrix Simon, 1890 (Theridiidae) 42, f. 13-14, 29-30, 32 (f), Latrodectus hystrix

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