Taxon details

Family: Theridiidae / Genus: Latrodectus

Latrodectus umbukwane B. M. O. G. Wright, C. D. Wright, Lyle & Engelbrecht, 2019

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-02-10
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051514]
  • Distribution: South Africa
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa; f (2018/991) (Wright et al., 2019)
  • Paratype: National Collection of Arachnida (NCA), ARC – Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Pretoria, South Africa; 2m (2018/990) (Wright et al., 2019)
  • Paratype: Kwazulu-Natal Museum (NMSA), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; 3m 1f (29324~25) (Wright et al., 2019)
  • Paratype: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC), South Africa; 3m 1f (10028~29) (Wright et al., 2019)
Taxonomic references
Latrodectus umbukwane B. M. O. G. Wright, C. D. Wright, Lyle & Engelbrecht, in Wright et al., 2019: 586, f. 1A-C, 3A-E, 4A-B, 5A-B, 6A-F, 7B-D (Dmf).
Latrodectus umbukwane Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 48, 3 f. (f habitus).
References

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021z). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-P. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 69 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515890 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wright, B. M. O. G., Wright, C. D., Sole, C. L., 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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-02-10 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z n/a
2019-11-26 New taxonomic reference entry Wright et al., 2019 n/a
2019-11-26 New species inserted Wright et al., 2019 n/a