Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)
Description
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1967)
Epigyne
(Levi 1967)
Epigyne
(Sherwood 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levi 1967)
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 
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
Jäger P (2009) Latrodectus mactans nach Deutschland eingeschleppt (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 37: 35-38
Levi H W (1967) Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacific Insects 9: 175-186
Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Koponen S (2025) First Nordic record of Pandava laminata (Araneae: Titanoecidae), with a synopsis of anthropochorous species of spiders in Finland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 69: 5-9