Latrodectus apicalis Butler, 1877

Maelfait, Jean-Pierre, Desender, Konjev, Hendrickx, Frederik, Dekoninck, Wouter, Berthet, Mado, Bouckaert, Katia, Caudron, Julien & Leclercq, Marylise, 2023, Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands, Belgian Journal of Entomology 142, pp. 1-188 : 32

Latrodectus apicalis Butler, 1877

( Fig. 117 )

Theridion carolinum : BUTLER (1877), LEVI (1959b), MARX (1889);

Latrodectus curacaviensis : LEVI (1959b).

DISTRIBUTION: Only known from GalÁpagos.

GALÁPAGOS DISTRIBUTION: Baltra, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela (Cerro Aul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Darwin, V. Wolf) , Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón , San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa FÉ, Santiago, Seymour Norte.

REFERENCES: BAERT (2013c), BAERT & MAELFAIT (1986b), BAERT & MAELFAIT (1986c), BAERT & MAELFAIT (2000b), BAERT et al. (1989a), BAERT et al. (1989b), BAERT et al. (1990), BAERT et al. (1991), BAERT et al. (2008b), BANKS (1902), BANKS (1924), BANKS (1930), BUTLER (1877), DESENDER et al. (1999), LEVI (1959b), ROTH & CRAIG (1970), SMITH et al. (1877), SNODGRASS (1902.

Figures

Fig. 117. Latrodectus apicalis Butler, 1877. A-C, left male palp. A, retrolateral view. B-C, ventral view. D, female epigynum, ventral view. © M. Leclercq.