Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935
Description
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kaston 1970)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Kaston 1970)
Epigyne
(Collier et al. 2023)
Vulva
(Kaston 1970)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Collier et al. 2023)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Collier B L, Dugon M M, Nolan M, Fort A, Healy K, Vitkauskaite A, Lyons K, Munnelly E J, McSharry L, Dunbar, J P (2023) A history of accidental widow spider (genus Latrodectus) introductions on the island of Ireland with a new Irish record for Latrodectus hesperus (Chamberlin and Ivie, 1935), and additional records of Latrodectus geometricus (C.L. Koch, 1841). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Biology and Environment 123B: 111-120 
Kaston B J (1970) Comparative biology of American black widow spiders. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 16: 33-82
Noordijk J (2016) Nieuwe vondsten van weduwen Latrodectus in Nederland (Araneae: Theridiidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 47: 17-26
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2