Revista Chilena de Entomología (Mar 2025)

Extending the distribution of Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980 (Araneae: Theridiidae) in South America: first record for Brazil

  • Lorena Maria Santos,
  • Diva Maria Borges,
  • Jonas Eduardo Gallão,
  • Amazonas Chagas-Jr

DOI
https://doi.org/10.35249/rche.51.1.25.14
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 1
pp. 139 – 143

Abstract

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The widow spider Latrodectus corallinus Abalos, 1980, a species reported previously only for Argentina, was recorded in the central-western region of Brazil, associated with sandstone caves in São José do Rio Claro, in the State of Mato Grosso, and in open areas of the Pantanal (Miranda) and the Brazilian savanna in Bodoquena, in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul.

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