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 
Species
| Species | Family | Page / figures | published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latrodectus antheratus | Theridiidae | 38, f. 68 (f; misidentified per Abalos, 1980: 43) | Latrodectus curacaviensis |
| Latrodectus curacaviensis | Theridiidae | 38, f. 2-4, 16-18, 35-36, 52, 70-71 (mf, f f. 38 see Latrodectus antheratus, other figs. in part misidentified, see L. variolus; S of Chacoca distincta, C. flavodorsata, L. antheratus, L. carteri, L. cretaceus, L. foliatus and L. variegatus; L. antheratus revalidated by Abalos, 1980: 43 with S of L. carteri, L. cretaceus and L. flavodorsatus; L. variegatus removed from S of L. mactans, rejecting F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 378, and revalidated by Abalos, 1980: 47; S of Chacoca = L. distinctus rejected by Abalos, 1980: 49, see L. geometricus) | Latrodectus curacaviensis |
| Latrodectus dahli | Theridiidae | 42, f. 11-12 (Df) | Latrodectus dahli |
| Latrodectus dotatus | Theridiidae | 26 (removed from S of Latrodectus mactans, rejecting F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 378; may be S of L. curacaviensis, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick) | Latrodectus dotatus |
| Latrodectus geometricus | Theridiidae | 21, f. 8-10, 25-28, 37, 39-51, 80-83 (mf, S of Latrodectus geometricus modestus, L. g. obscuratus and L. g. subalbicans) | Latrodectus geometricus |
| Latrodectus hesperus | Theridiidae | 28 (S, rejected) | Latrodectus mactans |
| Latrodectus hystrix | Theridiidae | 42, f. 13-14, 29-30, 32 (f) | Latrodectus hystrix |
| Latrodectus karrooensis | Theridiidae | 28 (S, rejected) | Latrodectus mactans |
| Latrodectus mactans | Theridiidae | 24, f. 1, 5-7, 15, 19-21, 53-67, 72-79 (mf; S of Latrodectus agoyangyang, L. albomaculatus = mactans albomaculatus, L. cinctus, L. hahli, L. incertus, L. insularis lunulifer, L. katipo, L. katipo atritus, L. luzonicus, L. mactans mexicanus, L. renivulvatus, L. sagittifer, L. schuchi, L. stuhlmanni, Theridion melanozanthum and T. zebrinium; L. cinctus revalidated by Lotz, 1994a: 28, incl. S of L. stuhlmanni; L. renivulvatus revalidated by Lotz, 1994a: 46, incl. S of L. incertus; L. katipo and L. katipo atritus revalidated by Forster, 1995a: 22, 23; S of Theridion melanozanthum and T. zebrinium, rejected by Vink et al., 2008: 599, see L. katipo). | Latrodectus mactans |
| Latrodectus mirabilis | Theridiidae | 39, f. 69 (f, S, rejected) | Latrodectus curacaviensis |
| Latrodectus pallidus | Theridiidae | 38, f. 22-24, 31, 33-34 (f, S of Latrodectus pallidus pavlovskii) | Latrodectus pallidus |
| Latrodectus pallidus immaculatus | Theridiidae | 38 (doubtful S of Latrodectus pallidus, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick) | Latrodectus pallidus immaculatus |
| Latrodectus revivensis | Theridiidae | 28 (S, rejected) | Latrodectus mactans |
| Latrodectus tredecimguttatus | Theridiidae | 24 (S, rejected) | Latrodectus mactans |
| Latrodectus variolus | Theridiidae | 38, f. 2-4, 16-18, 35-36, 52, 70-71 (mf; in part misidentified per McCrone & Levi, 1964: 13) | Latrodectus curacaviensis |
Genera
No genus found for this reference