World Spider Catalog

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

Latrodectus umbukwane B. M. O. G. Wright, C. D. Wright, Lyle & Engelbrecht, 2019

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051514

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Described:

Distribution: South Africa

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa f (2018/991) - (Wright et al., 2019)
Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa 2m (2018/990) - (Wright et al., 2019)
Paratype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 3m 1f (29324~25) - (Wright et al., 2019)
Paratype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa 3m 1f (10028~29) - (Wright et al., 2019)

Taxonomic References

Latrodectus umbukwane B. M. O. G. Wright, C. D. Wright, Lyle & Engelbrecht in Wright et al., 2019: 586, f. 1A-C, 3A-E, 4A-B, 5A-B, 6A-F, 7B-D (Dmf) Original description

Latrodectus umbukwane Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 48, 3 f. (f habitus)

References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021z). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-P. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 69 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7515890 -- Show included taxa

Wright, B. M. O. G., Wright, C. D., Sole, C. L., Lyle, R., Tippett, R., Sholto-Douglas, C., Verburgt, L. & Engelbrecht, I. (2019). A new forest dwelling button spider from South Africa (Araneae, Theridiidae, Latrodectus). Zootaxa 4700(4): 584-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.12 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2023-02-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z
2019-11-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Wright et al., 2019
2019-11-26	New species inserted	Wright et al., 2019