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True Spiders (Araneomorphae)
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Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae)
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Widow Spiders (Latrodectus)
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Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
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Accidental Adventives (Latrodectus hesperus Accidental Adventives)
Accidental Adventives
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class
Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order
Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder
Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon
(Entelegynae)
Family
Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus
Latrodectus
(Widow Spiders)
Species
hesperus
(Western Black Widow)
No Taxon
Accidental Adventives
Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 3 August, 2015 - 8:48am