The first report of the widow spider <i>Latrodectus elegant</i> (Araneae: Theridiidae) from India

The widow spider genus Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805, in India is represented by three species L. erythromelas Schmidt & Klaas, 1991, L. geometricus C.L. Koch, 1841 and L. hasselti Thorell, 1870. In this paper, we report the occurrence of Lactrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898 for the first time from...

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Main Authors: A. Kananbala, K. Manoj, M. Bhubaneshwari, A. Binarani, M. Siliwal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2012-07-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/776