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

Latrodectus antheratus (Badcock, 1932)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007799

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Described:

Distribution: Paraguay, Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m - (Levi, 1959c)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f of Latrodectus carteri - (Levi, 1959c)
Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f of Latrodectus cretaceus - (Levi, 1959c)

Taxonomic References

Chacoca antherata Badcock, 1932: 10, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Chacoca flavodorsata Badcock, 1932: 11, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062434]

Latrodectus carteri Badcock, 1932: 12, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062430]

Latrodectus cretaceus Badcock, 1932: 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062432]

Latrodectus carteri Mello-Leitão, 1946b: 34 (S of Latrodectus cretaceus)

Latrodectus curacaviensis Levi, 1959c: 38, f. 68 (f; misidentified per Abalos, 1980: 43)

Latrodectus no. 1 Abalos & Báez, 1967b: 61, f. 3.3, 4.7-8, 5.13 (mf; here per Abalos, 1980: 43)

Latrodectus antheratus Abalos, 1980: 43, f. 18, 45-55 (mf, removed from S of Latrodectus curacaviensis, rejecting Levi, 1959c: 38, S of Latrodectus carteri and L. flavodorsatus, S of L. cretaceus confirmed; L. carteri, L. cretaceus and L. flavodorsatus removed from S of L. curacaviensis, rejecting Levi, 1959c: 38)

References

Abalos, J. W. & Báez, E. C. (1967b). The spider genus Latrodectus in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. In: Animal Toxins. Pergamon Press Oxford, pp. 59-74. -- Show included taxa

Abalos, J. W. (1980). Las arañas del género Latrodectus en la Argentina. Obra del Centenário del Museu de La Plata 6: 29-51. -- Show included taxa

Badcock, H. D. (1932). Reports of an expedition to Paraguay and Brazil in 1926–7, supported by the Trustees of the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund and the Executive Committee of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Arachnida from the Paraguayan Chaco. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 38(257): 1-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb00987.x -- Show included taxa

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

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946b). Arañas del Paraguay. Notas del Museo de la Plata 11(Zool. 91): 17-50. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Abalos & Báez, 1967b