Latrodectus bishopi

Red widow spider
Found in Ocala National Forest

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Latrodectus
Species:
L. bishopi
Binomial name
Latrodectus bishopi
Kaston, 1938[2]

Latrodectus bishopi is the scientific name for the red widow spider, which is endemic to the Florida scrub habitat of central and southern Florida, where it lives primarily in sand dunes dominated by sand pine, Pinus clausa – a type of vegetation found only in Florida and coastal Alabama.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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