Old names and synonyms

Latrodectus atritus
Latrodectus hasseltii atritus
Latrodectus katipo atritus
Latrodectus mactans
Theridium melanozantha
Theridium zebrinia

Distribution

Establishment status in New Zealand

Endemic

Links to:

- taxonomic page;
- image gallery (female/male).

References

Platnick NI 2013. The world spider catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001.

Vink CJ, Sirvid PJ, Malumbres-Olarte J, Griffiths JW, Paquin P, Paterson AM 2008. Species status and conservation issues of New Zealand's endemic Latrodectus spider species (Araneae : Theridiidae). Invertebrate Systematics 22: 589-604.