Taxon details
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790)
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
- Described:
- Last updated: 2024-01-02
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007826]
- Distribution: Mediterranean, Ukraine, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Middle East, Iran, Central Asia, China
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Aranea 13-guttata Rossi, 1790: 136, pl. 9, f. 10 (Df).
Latrodectus 13decimguttatus Walckenaer, 1805: 81.
Theridion tredecim-guttatum Latreille, 1806: 98.
Theridion lugubre Dufour, 1820a: 355, pl. 69, f. 1 (Df).
Latrodectus argus Audouin, 1826: 353, pl. 3, f. 10 (Df).
Latrodectus erebus Audouin, 1826: 352, pl. 3, f. 9 (Df).
Meta hispida C. L. Koch, 1836a: 9, f. 166 (Df).
Latrodectus 5-guttatus Krynicki, 1837: 75, pl. 6, f. 1 (Df).
Latrodectus malmignatus Walckenaer, 1837: 642 (Dmf).
Latrodectus martius Walckenaer, 1837: 644 (Dm).
Latrodectus oculatus Walckenaer, 1837: 645 (Df).
Latrodectus venator Walckenaer, 1837: 646 (Df).
Latrodectus 13-guttatus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 39, f. 273 (f).
Latrodectus conglobatus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 41, f. 274 (Df).
Latrodectus hispidus C. L. Koch, 1837b: 7.
Latrodectus argus Lucas, 1838: 35, pl. 6, f. 6 (Dm).
Latrodectus lugubris Motschulsky, 1849: 290, pl. 2, f. 3-4 (Df).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Simon, 1873a: 86.
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus lugubris Thorell, 1875b: 69.
Latrodectus 13-guttatus Thorell, 1875c: 65.
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Simon, 1881a: 177, pl. 26, f. 12 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Simon, 1894a: 568, f. 491-492, 576 (m).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Dahl, 1902a: 45, f. 1-3 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902c: 254, pl. 26, f. 3.
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Berland, 1932b: 274, f. 415 (m).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Gerhardt, 1944: 16, f. 13 (m).
Latrodectus mactans Levi, 1959c: 24 (S, rejected).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Vintila et al., 1963: 231, f. 1 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1965c: 57, f. 17 (f).
Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus Fuhn, 1966: 77, f. 3-4 (mf).
Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus Levi, 1966a: 428, f. 1-4, 12-16 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Brignoli, 1967e: 184, f. 4 (f).
Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus Tystshenko & Ergashev, 1974: 934, f. 6-8 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Levy & Amitai, 1983: 46, f. 1-17 (mf, elevated from subspecies of L. mactans).
Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus Brignoli, 1984b: 293, f. 15-16 (f).
Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus Ergashev, 1990: 66, f. 31.6-8 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Schmidt & Klaas, 1991: 9, f. 2 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Lotz, 1994a: 52, f. 14, 15a-d, 16a-c (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Mcheidze, 1997: 180, f. 353-355 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Zhu, 1998: 293, f. 198A-E (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Levy, 1998b: 90, f. 161-177 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 123, f. 63J-M (mf).
Latrodectus teredecimguttatus Darvish & Mirshamsi, 1999: 5, f. 4a-c, 6a-d, 7 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Kim, 1999b: 22, f. 8-12 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Melic, 2000a: 15, f. 1-2, 4B, 6A-B, 7A, 8A-B, D-E, 9A (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Kim, Cho & Lee, 2003: 82, f. 8-12 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Trotta, 2005: 175, f. 445-446 (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Kakhki, 2005: 54, f. 2A-E (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Le Peru, 2011: 456, f. 745 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Zamani et al., 2014: 60, f. 2B, 3B, 4C (mf).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Anikin & Kuzmin, 2016: 220, f. 1a-b (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Nadolny, 2019: 867, f. 1.1-15, 2.1-3 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Vanuytven, 2021: 178, f. B.169a-c (m).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus El-Hennawy, Al-Saraireh & Afifeh, 2022: 519, f. 1-11 (f).
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Souri et al., 2024: 104, f. 1G-H, 2J-L (f).
Anikin, V. V. & Kuzmin, E. A. (2016). The finding of black widow – Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790) (Aranei, Theridiidae) on the territory of Saratov Province. Izvestiya of Saratov University. New Series. Series: Chemistry. Biology. Ecology 16(2): 220-221. doi:10.18500/1816-9775-2016-16-2-220-221 -- Show included taxa
Audouin, V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie. In: Savigny, M. J. C. L. de: "Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand.". Histoire Naturelle 1(4): 1-339 (arachnids, pp. 99-186, pl. 1-7). [for year of publication and authorship see Sherbourn, 1897, Tollitt, 1986 and ICZN, 1987b; a second edition was publ. in 1829, with different pagination: arachnids, pp. 291-430] -- Show included taxa
Berland, L. (1932b). Les Arachnides (Scorpions, Araignées, etc.). In: Encyclopédie entomologique. Paris 16, 1-485. -- Show included taxa
Brignoli, P. M. (1967e). Notizie sui Theridiidae del Lazio (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 4: 177-197. -- Show included taxa
Brignoli, P. M. (1984b). Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91(2): 281-321. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.81881 -- Show included taxa
Dahl, F. (1902a). Über abgebrochene Copulationsorgane männlicher Spinnen im Körper der Weibchen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1902: 36-45. -- Show included taxa
Darvish, J. & Mirshamsi, O. (1999). [Identification and study of black widow spider Latrodectus teredecimguttatus [sic] in Khorasan Province]. Journal of Biaban 3: 1-14. -- Show included taxa
Dufour, L. (1820a). Description de six arachnides nouvelles. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques 4: 355-366. -- Show included taxa
El-Hennawy, H. K., Al-Saraireh, M. & Afifeh, B. A. (2022). Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790) (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Jordan. Serket 18(4): 516-522. -- Show included taxa
Ergashev, N. E. (1990). [Ecology of poisonous spiders from Uzbekistan]. Akademia Nauk, Tashkent, 188 pp. -- Show included taxa
Fuhn, I. E. (1966). Le veuve noire-Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttatus (Rossi 1790) sur l'île de Popina (Razelm). Ocrotirea naturii şi mediului inconjurator, Bucureşti 10: 77-81. -- Show included taxa
Gerhardt, U. (1944). Die Formwandlungen eines Organtypus, dargestellt an dem Taster der männlichen Spinnen. Die Gestalt, Halle (Saale) 17: 9-24, pl. 1-5. -- Show included taxa
Gerschman de P., B. S. & Schiapelli, R. D. (1965c). El género Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Theridiidae) en la Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 27: 51-59. -- Show included taxa
Kakhki, O. M. (2005). New records of three Latrodectus species found in Khorasan province (Araneae: Theridiidae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 1: 52-58. -- Show included taxa
Kim, J. P. (1999b). Study of poisonous spiders from China. Korean Arachnology 15(1): 19-26. -- Show included taxa
Kim, J. P., Cho, Y. J. & Lee, Y. B. (2003). A list of venomous spiders of the world. Korean Arachnology 19: 75-88. -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1836a). Die Arachniden. Dritter Band. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, pp. 1-104, pl. 73-105 (f. 164-245). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1837b). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 1. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, 39 pp., pl. 1-6. [for the detailled publishing date see Nagel & Grieder, 2019: 47] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561 -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1837a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 105-119, pl. 106-118 (f. 246-252); Vierter Band, pp. 1-108, pl. 119-138 (f. 253-318). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa
Krynicki, J. (1837). Arachnographiae Rossicae. Decas prima. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalists de Moscou 10: 73-88. -- Show included taxa
Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Paris, tome 1, 302 pp. (Araneae, pp 82-127). -- Show included taxa
Le Peru, B. (2011). The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522. -- 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. (1966a). The three species of Latrodectus (Araneae), found in Israel. Journal of Zoology, London 150: 427-432. -- 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
Lotz, L. N. (1994a). Revision of the genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Africa. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 10: 1-60. -- Show included taxa
Lucas, H. (1838). Arachnides, Myriapodes et Thysanoures. In: Barker-Webb, P. & S. Berthelot (eds.) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris 2(2), 19-52, pl. 6-7. -- Show included taxa
Martini, F. H. W. & Goeze, J. A. E. (1778). (ed.) D. Martin Listers Naturgeschichte der Spinnen überhaupt und der Engelländischen Spinnen insbesonderheit, aus dem Lateinischen übersetzt, und mit Anmerkungen vermehrt. Mit 5. Kupfertafeln. - pp. I-XXVIII [= 1-28], 1-302, [1-13], Tab. I-V [= 1-5]. Christoph August Reußner, Quedlinburg & Blankenburg. -- Show included taxa
Mcheidze, T. S. (1997). [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi University, 390 pp. (in Georgian). [English version published by Otto (2014) available here] -- Show included taxa
Melic, A. (2000a). El género Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 en la Península Ibérica (Araneae, Theridiidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 1: 13-30. -- Show included taxa
Motschulsky, V. (1849). Note sur deux araignées vénimoux de la Russie méridionale. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalists de Moscou 1: 289-290. -- Show included taxa
Nadolny, A. A. (2019). [Age-specific traits and a post-maturation molt in black widow spiders (Aranei, Theridiidae, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus)]. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 98(8): 865-868. (also published in English [second pdf]: Entomological Review 99(8): 1227-1230. doi:10.1134/S0013873819080189) doi:10.1134/S0044513419080075 -- Show included taxa
Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1902c). On the spiders of the genus Latrodectus, Walckenaer. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 72(I, 1): 247-261, pl. 26-27. -- Show included taxa
Rossi, P. (1790). Fauna etrusca: sistens insecta quae in Provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Tomus secundus. Thomae Masi & Sociorum, Liburni, pp. 126-140. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15771 -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. & Klaas, P. (1991). Eine neue Latrodectus-Spezies aus Sri Lanka (Araneida: Theridiidae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 14: 6-9. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1873a). Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2e mémoire). Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (2) 5(8): 1-174, pl. 1-3. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1881a). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-180, pl. 25. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1894a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 489-760. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 -- Show included taxa
Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa
Souri, A. M., Shafaie, S., Moradmand, M. & Mirshamsi, O. (2024). The spider genus Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Theridiidae) in Iran with the first record of Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10(1): 99-109. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1875b). Verzeichniss südrussischer Spinnen. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 11: 39-122. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1875c). Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 13(5): 1-204. -- Show included taxa
Trotta, A. (2005). Introduzione al ragni italiani (Arachnida Araneae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 83: 3-178. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2004.3 -- Show included taxa
Tystshenko, V. P. & Ergashev, N. (1974). Latrodectus dahli Levi (Aranei, Theridiidae), a species of venomous spiders new in the fauna of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 53: 933-937. -- Show included taxa
Vanuytven, H. (2021). The Theridiidae of the World. A key to the genera with their diagnosis and a study of the body length of all known species. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 35(Supplement): 1-363. -- Show included taxa
Vintilǎ, I., Fuhn, I. E., Vintilǎ, P. & Popescu, V. (1963). Poisonous spiders in the fauna of our country: Latrodectus tredecimguttatus. Microbiologia, Parazitologia, Epidemiologia 8: 231-236. -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. [plates in second pdf] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- Show included taxa
Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Savoji, A. & Shahi, M. (2014). Contribution to the distribution of spiders with significant medical importance (Araneae: Loxosceles and Latrodectus) in Iran, with a new record for the country. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 10(1): 57-66. -- Show included taxa
Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- Show included taxa
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Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
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2024-01-02 | New taxonomic reference entry | Souri et al., 2024 | n/a |
2022-09-01 | New taxonomic reference entry | El-Hennawy, Al-Saraireh & Afifeh, 2022 | n/a |
2021-02-16 | New taxonomic reference entry | Vanuytven, 2021 | n/a |
2020-09-17 | New taxonomic reference entry | Nadolny, 2019 | n/a |
2017-11-17 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gerhardt, 1944 | n/a |
2017-05-09 | New taxonomic reference entry | Anikin & Kuzmin, 2016 | n/a |
2016-12-11 | New taxonomic reference entry | Darvish & Mirshamsi, 1999 | n/a |
2014-09-15 | New taxonomic reference entry | Zamani et al., 2014 | n/a |