World Spider Catalog

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

Latrodectus lucacha Miller, Kratzer & Griswold, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067115

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru f (ENT 0519569) - (Miller, Kratzer & Griswold, 2026)
Paratype: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru 3m 5f (ENT 0519 562, 564-565, 567-571) - (Miller, Kratzer & Griswold, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Latrodectus lucacha Miller, Kratzer & Griswold, 2026: 53, f. 1a-d, 2a-d, 3a-f, 4a-d, 5a-d, 6a-c, 7a-d (Dmf) Original description

References

Miller, J., Kratzer, C. A. & Griswold, C. (2026). Description of a new Andean species of widow spider (Araneae, Theridiidae, Latrodectus). ZooKeys 1281: 49-67. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1281.185973 [[Zoobank: 1C63D98A-9E1C-4C1A-9779-F2D45C64027D]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Miller, Kratzer & Griswold, 2026
2026-06-03	New species inserted	Miller, Kratzer & Griswold, 2026

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