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Latrodectus
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Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders informally called the widow spiders, with several species that are commonly known as the true widows. This group is composed of those often called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders.
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Latrodectus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheridiidae
寇蛛屬（Latrodectus），常稱寡婦蜘蛛，是姬蛛科下的一個屬，下有31種蜘蛛，分佈于全球各地。其體型各異，體長在3～10毫米（0.12～0.39英寸）之間，一些雌性體長可達13毫米（0.51英寸）。但大多數雌性的背部均有明顯的紅色記號。大多數寡婦蜘蛛的毒液並不會致人死命。
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Latrodectus is a broadly distributed genus of spiders informally called the widow spiders, with several species that are commonly known as the true widows. This group is composed of those often called black widow spiders, brown widow spiders, and similar spiders.
==Diversity== A member of the family Theridiidae, this genus contains 34 species, which include several North American "black widows" (southern black widow Latrodectus mactans, western black widow Latrodectus hesperus, and northern black widow Latrodectus variolus). Besides these, North America also has the red widow Latrodectus bishopi and the brown widow Latrodectus geometricus, which, in addition to North America, has a much wider geographic distribution.