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Genus: Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Latrodectus bishopi Kaston, 1938

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007802

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Described:

Distribution: USA

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Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m - (Levi, 1959c)

Taxonomic References

Latrodectus mactans bishopi Kaston, 1938e: 60 (Dmf) Original description

Latrodectus curacaviensis Levi, 1958: 1055 (S, rejected)

Latrodectus bishopi McCrone & Levi, 1964: 15, f. 2, 4-7 (mf, removed from S of L. curacaviensis, elevated from subspecies of L. mactans)

References

Kaston, B. J. (1938e). Notes on a new variety of black widow spider from southern Florida. Florida Entomologist 21(4): 60-62. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1958). Number of species of black-widow spiders (Theridiidae: Latrodectus). Science 127: 1055. -- Show included taxa

McCrone, J. D. & Levi, H. W. (1964). North American widow spiders of the Latrodectus curacaviensis group (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche, Cambridge 71(1): 12-27. doi: 10.1155/1964/86469 -- Show included taxa

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