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Species Latrodectus hesperus - Western Black Widow

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 juveniles
No Taxon Accidental Adventives

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