ADW: Latrodectus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Protostomia (protostomes)
      - Ecdysozoa
        
        Arthropoda
        
        Class Arachnida
        
        Order Araneae
        
        Family Theridiidae
        
        Genus Latrodectus
        
        Species Latrodectus antheratus
        
        Species Latrodectus apicalis
        
        Species Latrodectus atritus
        
        Species Latrodectus bishopi
        
        Species Latrodectus cinctus
        
        Species Latrodectus corallinus
        
        Species Latrodectus curacaviensis
        
        Species Latrodectus dahli
        
        Species Latrodectus diaguita
        
        Species Latrodectus elegans
        
        Species Latrodectus erythromelas
        
        Species Latrodectus geometricus
        
        Species Latrodectus hasselti
        
        Species Latrodectus hesperus
        
        Species Latrodectus hystrix
        
        Species Latrodectus indistinctus
        
        Species Latrodectus karrooensis
        
        Species Latrodectus katipo
        
        Species Latrodectus lilianae
        
        Species Latrodectus mactans
        
        Species Latrodectus menavodi
        
        Species Latrodectus mirabilis
        
        Species Latrodectus obscurior
        
        Species Latrodectus pallidus
        
        Species Latrodectus quartus
        
        Species Latrodectus renivulvatus
        
        Species Latrodectus revivensis
        
        Species Latrodectus rhodesiensis
        
        Species Latrodectus tredecimguttatus
        
        Species Latrodectus variegatus
        
        Species Latrodectus variolus

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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