Latrodectus umbukwane

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Latrodectinae
Genus: Latrodectus
Species: Latrodectus umbukwane

Name

Latrodectus umbukwane Wright, Wright, Lyle & Engelbrecht in Wright et al., 2019.

Type locality: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Umkhanyakude Municipality: Phinda Private Game Reserve, (27°46’26.40”S 32°20’9.46”E; 64 m.a.s.l.), sand forest.

Holotype: NCA. female ♀. 01.XI.2017. legit B. Wright. NCA2018/991.

References

Primary references

Wright, B.M.O.G., Wright, C.D., Sole, C., Lyle, R., Tippett, R., Sholto-Douglas, C., Verburgt, L. & Engelbrecht, I. 2019. A new forest dwelling button spider from South Africa (Araneae, Theridiidae, Latrodectus). Zootaxa 4700(4): 584–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.12 Reference page.