Taxon details
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2023-12-28
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007811]
- Distribution: Canada, USA, Mexico. Introduced to Israel, Korea
- External Resources *:
- Holotype: Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA; f (Levi, 1959c)
- Holotype: Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA; f of Latrodectus mactans texanus (Levi, 1959c)
- Allotype: Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA; m (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935a)
- Allotype: Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA; m of Latrodectus mactans texanus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935a)
Latrodectus mactans texanus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935a: 14, f. 3, 15-18 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062460].
Latrodectus mactans Levi, 1959c: 28 (S, rejected).
Latrodectus curacaviensis Bhatnagar & Rempel, 1962: 465, f. 1-69 (mf, misidentified).
Latrodectus variolus Levi, 1969: 72 (S, rejected).
Latrodectus hesperus Kaston, 1970: 39, f. 11a-h, 13e, f, h (removed mf from S, S of Latrodectus mactans texanus).
Latrodectus ?hesperus Levy & Amitai, 1983: 53, f. 29-36 (mf).
Latrodectus ?hesperus Levy, 1998b: 104, f. 190-197 (f).
Latrodectus hesperus Desales-Lara, Jiménez & Corcuera, 2018: 6, f. 18-19 (m).
Latrodectus hesperus Choi et al., 2019: 143, f. 2A-D (f).
Latrodectus hesperus Jiménez, Palacios-Cardiel & Chávez-Lara, 2020: 16, f. 36-37 (m).
Latrodectus hesperus Cabrera-Espinosa & Valdez-Mondragón, 2021: 4, f. 11-13, 24-26, 34-37 (mf).
Latrodectus hesperus Collier et al., 2023: 112, f. 2A-C, 3A-D, 4A-B (f).
Bhatnagar, R. D. S. & Rempel, J. G. (1962). The structure, function, and postembryonic development of the male and female copulatory organs of the black widow spider Latrodectus curacaviensis (Müller). Canadian Journal of Zoology 40(3): 465-510. doi:10.1139/z62-043 
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Cabrera-Espinosa, L. A. & Valdez-Mondragón, A. (2021). Distribución y modelaje de nicho ecológico, comentarios biogeográficos y taxonómicos del género de arañas Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae) de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 92(e923665): 1-20. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3665 -- Show included taxa
Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. (1935a). The black widow spider and its varieties in the United States. Bulletin of the University of Utah 25(8): 1-29. -- Show included taxa
Choi, M. B., Lee, S. Y., Yoo, J. S., Jun, J. & Kwon, O. (2019). First record of the western black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (Araneae: Theridiidae) in South Korea. Entomological Research 49(3): 141-146. doi:10.1111/1748-5967.12350 -- Show included taxa
Collier, B. L., Dugon, M. M., Nolan, M., Fort, A., Healy, K., Vitkauskaite, A., Lyons, K., Munnelly, E. J., McSharry, L. & Dunbar, J. P. (2023). A history of accidental widow spider (genus Latrodectus) introductions on the island of Ireland with a new Irish record for Latrodectus hesperus (Chamberlin and Ivie, 1935), and additional records of Latrodectus geometricus (C.L. Koch, 1841). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Biology and Environment 123B(3): 111-120. doi:10.1353/bae.2023.a915306 -- Show included taxa
Desales-Lara, M. A., Jiménez, M. L. & Corcuera, P. (2018). New records of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Mexico and listing of spiders from Coahuila State. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.) 34(e3411183): 1-14. doi:10.21829/azm.2018.3411183 -- Show included taxa
Jiménez, M. L., Palacios-Cardiel, C. & Chávez-Lara, I. D. (2020). Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Medanos of Samalayuca, Chihuahua and new records of species for Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.) 36(e3612205): 1-23. doi:10.21829/azm.2020.3612205 -- Show included taxa
Kaston, B. J. (1970). Comparative biology of American black widow spiders. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 16: 33-82. -- 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
Levi, H. W. (1969). Notes on American theridiid spiders. Psyche, Cambridge 76(1): 68-73. doi:10.1155/1969/15815 -- Show included taxa
Levy, G. & Amitai, P. (1983). Revision of the widow-spider genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Israel. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 77(1): 39-63. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1983.tb01720.x -- Show included taxa
Levy, G. (1998b). Araneae: Theridiidae. In: Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 228 pp. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-28 | New taxonomic reference entry | Collier et al., 2023 | n/a |
| 2021-11-12 | New taxonomic reference entry | Cabrera-Espinosa & Valdez-Mondragón, 2021 | n/a |
| 2020-08-23 | New taxonomic reference entry | Jiménez, Palacios-Cardiel & Chávez-Lara, 2020 | n/a |
| 2020-08-23 | New taxonomic reference entry | Desales-Lara, Jiménez & Corcuera, 2018 | n/a |
| 2019-05-18 | New taxonomic reference entry | Choi et al., 2019 | n/a |
| 2019-05-18 | Species distribution update | Choi et al., 2019 | n/a (Old value) |