Latrodectus elegans
Latrodectus elegans is a species of black widow spider,[1][2][3][4] found in India and East Asia. It was first collected in the Carin Cheba mountains in Myanmar, Thailand[5] but is also found in India, China and Japan.[6]
| Latrodectus elegans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Latrodectus |
| Species: | L. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898 | |
References
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- "Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- "Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898". World Spider Catalog. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- Kananbala, A.; Manoj, K.; Bhubaneshwari, M.; Binarani, A.; Siliwal, Manju (2012). "The first report of the widow spider Latrodectus elegans (Araneae: Theridiidae) from India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa. 4 (7): 2718–22. doi:10.11609/jott.o3152.2718-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
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