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

Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007804

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Argentina

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Holotype: Centro de Zoología Aplicada, Córdoba, Argentina f - (Abalos, 1980)
Holotype: Invertebrate Collection of the Museo de Historia Natural C.J. Marinkelle, Universidad de Los Andes (ANDES-IN), Bogotá, Colombia f (2987) of Latrodectus garbae - (Rueda et al., 2021)
Paratype: Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN), Invertebrate Collection, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Natural History Museum Andes (NUCMHN), Bogotá, Colombia 1m 1f (Ar 8124-8125) of Latrodectus garbae - (Rueda et al., 2021)

Taxonomic References

Latrodectus no. 2 Abalos & Báez, 1967b: 65, f. 3.4, 4.9-10, 5.14, 6, 9.21 (mf; here per Abalos, 1980: 39)

Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980: 39, f. 19, 31-37 (Dmf) Original description

Latrodectus garbae Rueda & Realpe, in Rueda et al., 2021: 260, f. 4A-I, 11A-H (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053606]

Latrodectus corallinus Santos et al., 2025b: 139, f. 6-11 (f)

Latrodectus corallinus Zabala-Cruz & Hazzi, 2026: 470 (S of Latrodectus garbae)

References

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

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

Rueda, A., Lozano, D., Muñoz-Charry, V., Velásquez-Vélez, M. I,, Amézquita, A., Parra, D. & Realpe, E. (2021). Phylogeny of the genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae) and two new species from the dry forests in the Magdalena Valley-Colombia. Species 22(70): 243-265. -- Show included taxa

Santos, L. M., Borges, D. M., Gallão, J. E. & Chagas Jr., A. (2025b). Extending the distribution of Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980 (Araneae: Theridiidae) in South America: first record for Brazil. Revista Chilena de Entomología 51(1): 139-143. doi: 10.35249/rche.51.1.25.14 -- Show included taxa

Zabala-Cruz, M. C. & Hazzi, N. A. (2026). COI-based species delimitation reveals the taxonomic status of two recently described Latrodectus species from Colombia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Zootaxa 5845(3): 456-477. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.2 ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:90C5E317-E40C-48A8-A33E-57E3A2BEE797 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-07-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Zabala-Cruz & Hazzi, 2026
2025-04-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Abalos & Báez, 1967b
2025-04-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Santos et al., 2025b
2025-04-03	Species distribution update	Santos et al., 2025b	Old value